Austin, Texas—Although nasal intubation is used more commonly than oral intubation for anesthesia in children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, it appears to carry a higher risk for postoperative infection in children 6 months of age or older, according to a recent study.
Warwick Ames, MBBS
Led by Warwick Ames, MBBS, associate professor of anesthesiology at Duke University School of Medicine, in Durham, N.C., the investigators queried the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)