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 e13
OP e14
DO 10.4187/respcare.02530
VO 59
IS 2
A1 Cizmeci, Mehmet N
A1 Kanburoglu, Mehmet K
A1 Ziraman, Selma
A1 Tatli, Mustafa M
YR 2014
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/59/2/e13.abstract
AB 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.