Difficult intubation in an infant with Pierre Robin syndrome and concomitant tongue tie

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 510-511

  Jones, Susan E F ^a   Derrick, Gillian M ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intubation: difficult; Pierre Robin syndrome

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE; VECURONIUM;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; DIATHERMY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MICROGNATHIA; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE DISEASE;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; CLEFT PALATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; TONGUE;

EID: 0031724309     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1998.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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