Lingual oedema associated with the prolonged use of an inappropriately large laryngeal mask airway (LMA™) in an infant

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 637-639

  Stillman, Philip C ^a  

^a Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Infants; Laryngeal mask airway; Lingual oedema

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; MIVACURIUM; SALBUTAMOL; SEVOFLURANE;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLUBFOOT; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINORRHEA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASE; WHEEZING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; EDEMA; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 0141454990     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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