Congenital laryngotracheo-oesophageal cleft: Successful ventilation with the Laryngeal Mask Airway™

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-71

  Jöhr, Martin ^a,b   Berger, Thomas M ^a   Ruppen, Wilhelm ^a   Schlegel, Christoph ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Institut fur Anasthesie Kantonsspital Luzern   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Laryngeal mask; Laryngotracheo oesophageal cleft

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; MIVACURIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ANAMNESIS; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABOR INDUCTION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNGOTRACHEO ESOPHAGEAL CLEFT; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LUNG VENTILATION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPILLAGE; STRIDOR; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; VOCAL CORD;

ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNX; TRACHEA;

EID: 12244264784     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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