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Broken Piece of Silicone Suction Catheter in Upper Alimentary Tract of a Neonate

Esophageal foreign bodies (FB) are common in adults and children. These are rarely reported in infants and neonates. A 2-day-old newborn was referred to our hospital with history of accidental intrusion of soft silicone suction catheter into the upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT). X-ray chest and ab...

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Autores principales: Mirza, Bilal, Saleem, Muhammad, Sheikh, Afzal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3417984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22953251
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description Esophageal foreign bodies (FB) are common in adults and children. These are rarely reported in infants and neonates. A 2-day-old newborn was referred to our hospital with history of accidental intrusion of soft silicone suction catheter into the upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT). X-ray chest and abdomen confirmed the presence of suction tube in esophagus and stomach. The suction catheter was retrieved successfully at direct laryngoscopy.
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spelling pubmed-34179842012-09-05 Broken Piece of Silicone Suction Catheter in Upper Alimentary Tract of a Neonate Mirza, Bilal Saleem, Muhammad Sheikh, Afzal APSP J Case Rep Case Report Esophageal foreign bodies (FB) are common in adults and children. These are rarely reported in infants and neonates. A 2-day-old newborn was referred to our hospital with history of accidental intrusion of soft silicone suction catheter into the upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT). X-ray chest and abdomen confirmed the presence of suction tube in esophagus and stomach. The suction catheter was retrieved successfully at direct laryngoscopy. EL-MED-Pub 2010-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3417984/ /pubmed/22953251 Text en Copyright © 2010 Mirza et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Broken Piece of Silicone Suction Catheter in Upper Alimentary Tract of a Neonate
title_sort broken piece of silicone suction catheter in upper alimentary tract of a neonate
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3417984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22953251
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