Airway and feeding problems in infants with Fairbairn-Robin triad deformities
Index to South African Periodicals
- Date
- 2013-01-01
- Language
- English
- Media Type
- research article
- Pages
- 170-178
- Keywords
- nurses, Infants, Cleft palate, Surgical management, Neonates, Airway Obstruction, glossoptosis, Feeding difficulties, Upper airway obstruction, Nutritional management, Sucking, Micrognathia, Nursing interactions, Feeding devices, FRT, Pierre Robin sequence, Fairbairn-Robin triad, Retro-/micrognathia, Palate agenesis, Facial Cleft Deformity Clinic, Fairbairn-Robin triad deformities
- Author(s)
- Butow, K.W., Hoogendijk, C.F., Du Plessis, S.M., Van den Berg, H.J.S.
- Publication Title
- Curationis the South African journal of nursing
- Volume
- 36
- ISSN
- 0379-8577
- Description
- Reports on a retrospective study undertaken to examine the incidence of airway and feeding difficulties in the neonatal, pre-surgical period, as well as the surgical and nutritional management of these infants. Refers specifically to infants with Fairbairn-Robin triad deformities.
- Subject
- NURSING, NUTRITION, Paediatrics