Anesthesia for the child with an upper respiratory tract infection: Still a dilemma?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-65

  Tait, Alan R ^a   Malviya, Shobha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CHILD CARE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANESTHESIA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; HUMANS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 10944237758     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000139653.53618.91     Document Type: Review

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