Anaesthetic consequences for a child with complex multilevel airway obstruction - Recommendations for avoiding life-threatening sequelae

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 620-623

  Dilworth, Kelly ^a   Thomas, Jenny ^a  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Anaesthesia; Volatile

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ATROPINE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAPNOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPE; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNX DISORDER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NASOPHARYNX; NECK; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CAPNOGRAPHY; CHILD; HUMANS; KETAMINE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; METHYL ETHERS; OXYGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0141455007     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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