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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
Successful long-term airway stabilization with a modified pacifier in a syndromic infant
Mehmet N Cizmeci1, Mehmet K Kanburoglu, Selma Ziraman
1Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Fatih University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract:
Airway management is one of the key aspects of neonatal anesthesia, and an oropharyngeal airway is used in daily intensive care practice to relieve upper-airway obstruction. Cleft palate is among the various congenital malformations that can cause difficult airway management. We describe a syndromic infant with alobar holoprosencephaly, whose long-term airway patency was maintained with a modified infant pacifier. We would like to share our experience and contribute to the literature with the introduction of a readily available and easily-inserted apparatus.
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