Alcántar-Molina A, Arce-García IE

Language: Spanish
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Page: 258-262
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ABSTRACT

Laryngotracheobronchomalacia is an unusual congenital airway malformation. We present the case of a full-term newborn female patient with normal evolution, no important records, born through vaginal way, dystocic presenting breathing failure at birth with a Silverman score of 4 with expiratory laryngeal stridor. In the neonatal intensive care unit she is diagnosed with Laryngotracheobronchomalacia and it is managed with intermittent continuous positive airway pressure having a favorable evolution.

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