Intratracheal Amylase Levels and Salivary Aspiration in Children with Tracheostomy

Hitomi Kubota^{1

2}, Hiroyuki Iijima², Noriko Morimoto³, Akira Ishiguro¹

Affiliations

¹ Center for Postgraduate Education and Training, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of General Pediatrics and Interdisciplinary Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Division of Otorhinolaryngology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.

Hitomi Kubota et al. JMA J. 2024.

. 2024 Jul 16;7(3):435-437.

doi: 10.31662/jmaj.2023-0213. Epub 2024 Jun 3.

Hitomi Kubota^{1

2}, Hiroyuki Iijima², Noriko Morimoto³, Akira Ishiguro¹

¹ Center for Postgraduate Education and Training, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of General Pediatrics and Interdisciplinary Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Division of Otorhinolaryngology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: amylase; aspiration; children; laryngotracheal separation; tracheostomy.

Conflict of interest statement

None

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