Congenital cystic adenoid malformation in a pre-term infant : management considerations

Congenital cystic adenoid malformation in a pre-term infant : management considerations

This report describes a case of a pre-term infant with congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation involving the whole lung who received a life-saving pneumonectomy. The challenges in decision-making, surgery, and subsequent management are discussed. The principles are applicable in general to a numb...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric surgery international 1998-11, Vol.14 (1-2), p.92-93
Hauptverfasser: PRENDERGAST, B, FERNANDO, A. M. R, MANKAD, P. S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bacteremia - therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital - therapy
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature, Diseases - therapy
Male
Medical sciences
Pneumology
Pneumonectomy
Postoperative Complications - therapy
Pseudomonas Infections - therapy
Respiration, Artificial
Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases
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Zusammenfassung:This report describes a case of a pre-term infant with congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation involving the whole lung who received a life-saving pneumonectomy. The challenges in decision-making, surgery, and subsequent management are discussed. The principles are applicable in general to a number of babies in a paediatric intensive care unit.
ISSN:0179-0358
1437-9813
DOI:10.1007/s003830050446