Use of CobraPLA™ for airway management in a neonate with Desbuquois syndrome. Case report and anesthetic implications

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 602-605

  Szmuk, Peter ^a,d   Matuszczeak, Maria ^a   Carlson, Richard F ^a   Warters, R David ^a   Rabb, Mary F ^a   Ezri, Tiberiu ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Outcomes Research (TM) Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; CobraPLA; Desbuquois syndrome

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; DESBUQUOIS SYNDROME; DEVICE; DWARFISM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; MICROMELIA; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; ENTERIC FEEDING; INDWELLING CATHETER; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DWARFISM; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 21444440094     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01489.x     Document Type: Article

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