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Modified nasopharyngeal tube for upper airway obstruction
I B Masters1, A B Chang, M Harris
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Mater Misericordiae Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|May 18, 1999
Abstract:
A modified nasopharyngeal tube is described that does not add airway dead space and resistance, is well tolerated, highly successful, and allows simultaneous use of oxygen prongs. This potentially reduces the need for surgical intervention to relieve high upper airway obstruction from Pierre-Robin syndrome and other causes.