An unexpected journey of a suction catheter in a preterm neonate

• Главные авторы: Ling Leung (Автор), Patrick Ho Yu Chung (Автор), Kenneth Kak Yuen Wong (Автор), Nai Shun Tsoi (Автор), Robert Shing Yan Lee (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Elsevier, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Foreign bodies are extremely rare in preterm neonates. The majority are iatrogenic. We describe a neonate of 27 weeks gestation who was found to have an 18 mm long suction catheter at the right main bronchi after resuscitation in another hospital. It was first detected by chest X-ray after endotrach...