Cervical spine considerations when anesthetizing patients with Down syndrome

Anesthesiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 680-685

  Hata, Tara ^a   Todd, Michael M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MOBILITY; SUBLUXATION;

ANESTHESIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14644394297     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200503000-00030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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