Anesthetic management of the child with an upper respiratory tract infection

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 603-607

  Tait, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Children; Complications; Upper respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HALOTHANE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; SALBUTAMOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ASTHMA; BREATH HOLDING; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; COUGHING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LARYNX SPASM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 28044436488     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000188421.22882.0d     Document Type: Review

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