RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Successful Long-Term Airway Stabilization with a Modified Pacifier in a Syndromic Infant
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP respcare.02530
DO 10.4187/respcare.02530
A1 Cizmeci, Mehmet N.
A1 Kanburoglu, Mehmet K.
A1 Ziraman, Selma
A1 Tatli, Mustafa M.
YR 2013
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/2013/05/21/respcare.02530.abstract
AB Airway management is one of the key aspects of neonatal anesthesia and an oropharyngeal airway (OPA) is used in daily intensive care practice to relieve upper airway obstruction. A myriad of congenital malformations have features that might cause a difficult airway management and cleft palate is among these conditions. Herein, 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.