Anaesthesia and Prader-Willi syndrome

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-271

  Dearlove, O R ^a   Dobson, A ^a   Super, M ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Complications; Prader Willi syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; OBESITY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; BODY WEIGHT; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; OBESITY; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; SCOLIOSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0031800619     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1998.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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