Columella necrosis in a child secondary to nasal continuous positive airway pressure during neonatal period

• Main Authors: Menon, P., Nor, K.M., Kulasegarah, Jeyanthi
• Format: Article
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2021
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine; RF Otorhinolaryngology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/35544/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85115188686&partnerID=40&md5=b3537204b07ad79670a262ef411c7509
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

The advent of continuous positive airway pressure ventilation as a mode of treatment for respiratory distress syndrome for premature infants has increased the risk of nasal injuries such as pressure necrosis. We describe a case of a 24-week infant who received CPAP ventilation as a mode of ventilato...