Classification and assessment of the difficult pediatric airway

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 729-741

  Gregory, G A ^a   Riazi, J ^a  

^a Kaiser Bellflower Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

AIRWAY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MALFORMATION; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; MANDIBLE; MICROSTOMIA; NOSE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALATE DISEASE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TONGUE; TRANSCUTANEOUS CARBON DIOXIDE MONITORING;

EID: 0032422280     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8537(05)70058-4     Document Type: Article

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