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Upper Airway Obstruction in a Newborn: A Rare Cause of Respiratory Distress

Newborns are considered obligate nasal breathers until the eighth week of life. Therefore, upper nasal obstruction in a newborn can present as a potentially life-threatening complication. Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis (CNPAS) is a rare form of upper airway obstruction caused by a narro...

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Autores principales: Rodrigues Santos, Nuno, Mota, Ricardo, Gonçalves, Américo, Spratley, Jorge, Soares, Henrique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8918092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35291536
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22126