A comprehensive scoring system in correlation with perioperative airway management for neonatal Pierre Robin Sequence.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate a comprehensive scoring system which combines clinical manifestations of Pierre Robin Sequence (PRS) including severity of breathing difficulties, body weight and preoperative Cormack-Lehane grade, for its correlation with perioperative PRS airway management decision.

Design

Forty PRS children were retrospectively recruited after surgery. Specialists examined all subjects and scored for clinical manifestations (1´ - 4´), weight gain (1´- 4´), dyspnea scores (1´- 4´), and Cormack-Lehane grade (1´- 4´). The correlation of the integrated scores and the necessity of endotracheal intubation or laryngeal mask application were analyzed. In addition, the score correlation with postoperative dyspnea and/or low pulse oxygen saturation (SPO2) levels after extubation

SUBMITTER: Yin N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5720744 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature