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Neonatal nasal deformities secondary to nasal continuous positive airway pressure
Author(s) -
Loftus Bernadette C.,
Ahn Jeffrey,
Haddad Joseph
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-199408000-00018
Subject(s) - continuous positive airway pressure , medicine , airway , intubation , nose , anesthesia , positive pressure , intensive care , surgery , intensive care medicine , obstructive sleep apnea
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is being used more frequently in neonatal intensive care units to avoid endotracheal intubation and its attendant complications. Nasal deformities secondary to the nares‐occluding prongs employed to deliver the CPAP in former preterm infants have been recognized, and prevention and surgical treatment of these deformities are discussed. An awareness of the potential for these deformities is important to all pediatric otolaryngologists as nasal CPAP is gaining increasing favor as a primary treatment for respiratory disease of the newborn.