Laryngeal damage due to an unexpectedly large and inappropriately designed cuffed pediatric tracheal tube in a 13-month-old child

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-75

  Dillier, Claudia M ^a   Trachsel, Daniel ^a   Baulig, Werner ^b   Gysin, Claudine ^a   Gerber, Andreas C ^a   Weiss, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTUBATION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX INJURY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STRIDOR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1542709296     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018551     Document Type: Article

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