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Home high‐flow nasal cannula as a treatment for severe tracheomalacia: A pediatric case report

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1 Published in 2017 at "Pediatric Pulmonology"

DOI: 10.1002/ppul.23688

Abstract: Tracheomalacia refers to a softness of the tracheal cartilage that makes the airway more susceptible to collapse. In contrast to milder cases where conservative therapy is preferred, severe tracheomalacia is often a life threatening condition… read more here.

Keywords: flow nasal; high flow; severe tracheomalacia; nasal cannula ... See more keywords

Posterior tracheopexy for severe tracheomalacia.

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0 Published in 2017 at "Journal of pediatric surgery"

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.03.018

Abstract: PURPOSE In severe tracheomalacia, aortopexy addresses anterior vascular compression, but does not directly address posterior membranous tracheal intrusion. We review patient outcomes of posterior tracheopexy for tracheomalacia with posterior intrusion to determine if there were… read more here.

Keywords: posterior tracheopexy; severe tracheomalacia; intrusion; clinical symptoms ... See more keywords