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PEDIATRICS Vol. 107 No. 1 January 2001, pp. 214-214

A Nontraumatic and Inexpensive Clinical Maneuver to Check Nasal Patency at Birth

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To the Editor.

Neonates are preferential nasal breathers, and nasal obstruction at birth can cause central cyclic cyanosis and represents a potentially life-threatening condition.1 Causes of neonatal nasal obstruction include choanal atresia, nasal septum deviation, hematoma, enkephalocele, etc. Checking choanal patency is then a mandatory routine in the delivery room . . . [Full Text of this Article]