The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 5 , Pages 764-765 , May 2009

Orotracheal Tube Insertion in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

  • Gil Amarilyo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Francis B. Mimouni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Asaf Oren, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Semen Tsyrkin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Dror Mandel, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Dror Mandel, Department of Neonatology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv-Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizman Street, Tel Aviv, 64239, Israel

Received 4 July 2008 ,Revised 4 November 2008 ,Accepted 21 November 2008.

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 The authors declare no conflicts of interest, real or perceived.

PII: S0022-3476(08)01060-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.11.057

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 5 , Pages 764-765 , May 2009

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