Do children who experience laryngospasm have an increased risk of upper respiratory tract infection?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 475-480

  Schreiner, Mark S ^a   O'Hara, Irene ^a   Markakis, Dorothea A ^a,b   Politis, George D ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia: pediatric; Complications: laryngeal spasm; upper respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNX SPASM; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029780305     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199609000-00005     Document Type: Article

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