Oropharyngeal airway diameter during sedation in children with and without developmental delay

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 482-485

  Elwood, Tom ^a,b   Hansen, Lucas D ^a,b   Seely, Jean M ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Anesthetics, intravenous; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatrics; Retrospective studies; Sedatives, barbiturate adverse effects

Indexed keywords

PENTOBARBITAL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SOFT PALATE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX; PENTOBARBITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034751136     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(01)00312-9     Document Type: Article

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