Oropharyngeal burn in a newborn baby: New complication of light-bulb laryngoscopes

Anesthesiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 277-279

  Koh, T H H G ^a,b   Coleman, Ron ^b  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiberoptic; Intubation; NICU; Overheating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEATING; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LIGHT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033957347     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200001000-00045     Document Type: Article

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