Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Interventions to Relieve upper Airway Obstruction in Children with Pierre Robin Sequence
BACKGROUND: Newborns with Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) often experience chronic intermittent hypoxemia/hypoventilation associated with airway obstruction. The heterogeneity of the severity of upper airway obstruction makes management a challenge; the optimal intervention in individual cases is not cl...
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| author | Karen Kam Meghan McKay Joanna MacLean Manisha B Witmans Sheldon Spier Ian Mitchell |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Newborns with Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) often experience chronic intermittent hypoxemia/hypoventilation associated with airway obstruction. The heterogeneity of the severity of upper airway obstruction makes management a challenge; the optimal intervention in individual cases is not clear. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-45d4122527124b6ea07ba3c1c29937592025-02-03T06:43:54ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412015-01-0122317117510.1155/2015/798076Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Interventions to Relieve upper Airway Obstruction in Children with Pierre Robin SequenceKaren Kam0Meghan McKay1Joanna MacLean2Manisha B Witmans3Sheldon Spier4Ian Mitchell5Department of Pediatrics, Calgary, CanadaUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, CanadaPediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaPediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Calgary, CanadaBACKGROUND: Newborns with Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) often experience chronic intermittent hypoxemia/hypoventilation associated with airway obstruction. The heterogeneity of the severity of upper airway obstruction makes management a challenge; the optimal intervention in individual cases is not clear.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/798076 |
| spellingShingle | Karen Kam Meghan McKay Joanna MacLean Manisha B Witmans Sheldon Spier Ian Mitchell Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Interventions to Relieve upper Airway Obstruction in Children with Pierre Robin Sequence Canadian Respiratory Journal |
| title | Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Interventions to Relieve upper Airway Obstruction in Children with Pierre Robin Sequence |
| title_full | Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Interventions to Relieve upper Airway Obstruction in Children with Pierre Robin Sequence |
| title_fullStr | Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Interventions to Relieve upper Airway Obstruction in Children with Pierre Robin Sequence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Interventions to Relieve upper Airway Obstruction in Children with Pierre Robin Sequence |
| title_short | Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Interventions to Relieve upper Airway Obstruction in Children with Pierre Robin Sequence |
| title_sort | surgical versus nonsurgical interventions to relieve upper airway obstruction in children with pierre robin sequence |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/798076 |
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