A simple homemade lighted stylet for neonates and infants: A description and case report of its use in an infant with the Pierre Robin anomalad

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-235

  Cook Sather, Scott D ^a   Schreiner, Mark S ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

equipment, lighted stylet; intubation, tracheal: technique; intubation: difficult

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROGNATHIA; NEWBORN; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

EID: 0030908615     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1997.d01-72.x     Document Type: Article

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