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High‐flow nasal cannula for the treatment of life‐threatening plastic bronchitis
Author(s) -
Vézina Kevin,
Dipchand Anne I.,
Narang Indra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.24695
Subject(s) - medicine , nasal cannula , cannula , bronchitis , intensive care medicine , surgery , anesthesia
Plastic bronchitis (PB) is characterized by the formation of bronchial casts. It most frequently occurs in children with congenital heart disease, particularly post‐Fontan procedure. Several medical and surgical therapies have been described in the literature with variable success. To our knowledge, this is the first time that overnight use of home high‐flow nasal cannula is reported as a therapy to prevent recurrence of bronchial cast production in a child with PB post‐Fontan.