Anesthetic considerations for patients with Down syndrome

AANA Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-107

  Meitzner, Mark C ^a,b   Skurnowicz, Julie A ^a  

^a William Beaumont Hospital ^*

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Down syndrome; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEAD POSITION; JOINT LAXITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SKILL; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 16844369291     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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