Upper Airway Computed Tomography Measures and Receipt of Tracheotomy in Infants With Robin Sequence.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Airway management in infants with Robin sequence is challenging. Objective upper airway measures associated with severe airway compromise requiring tracheotomy are needed to guide decision making.

Objectives

To define objective upper airway measures in infants with Robin sequence from craniofacial computed tomography (CT) and to identify those measures in Robin sequence associated with tracheotomy.

Design, setting, and participants

A cohort study (2003 to 2014, over 1-year follow-up) of 37 infants with Robin sequence evaluated for surgical management and 37 selected age- and sex-matched controls without a craniofacial condition conducted in a pediatric institution's craniofacial center.

Main outcomes and measures

Define and compare CT-generated upper

SUBMITTER: Lee VS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7279067 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature