Effect of lateral positioning on upper airway size and morphology in sedated children

Anesthesiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 484-488

  Litman, Ronald S ^a,b   Wake, Nicole ^b   Chan, Lai Ming Lisa ^b   McDonough, Joseph M ^b   Sin, Sanghun ^b   Mahboubi, Soroosh ^a,b   Arens, Raanan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 24144463696     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200509000-00009     Document Type: Article

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