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Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) Placement in a Neonatal Patient Simulator Using a Non-Inflatable Supraglottic Airway (SGA)
Published on: July 14, 2023
[Attacks of apnea in a newborn aged 18 days]
1Kinder- und Jugendklinik des Städtischen Klinikum Offenbach, Landgrafenring 20, 63071 Offenbach, Germany. jan.bauer@arcor.de
Abstract:
Clinical case of an 18-day-old newborn of the 40th + 1 pregnancy week with postpartum respiratory adjustment disorder including periodical decreases in blood oxygen saturation. On day 8 postpartum the newborn developed myoclonic cramps of unknown origin combatted with phenobarbital. 6 days later Cheyne-Stokes breathing began under normal phenobarbital level being the cause for an additional homeopathic therapy trial. After a single dose of opium C 30 the breathing improved significantly, suspending the breaks in breathing and the decreases in blood oxygen saturation.
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