Acute airway obstruction in an infant with Pierre Robin syndrome after palatoplasty

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 787-789

  Dell'Oste, C ^a   Savron, F ^a   Pelizzo, G ^a   Sarti, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Anesthesia; Cleft palate; Lingual edema; Pierre Robin syndrome, post operative complication

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; STEROID; VECURONIUM;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; EDEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGOSCOPY; PALATOPLASTY; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CLEFT PALATE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PALATE; PHARYNX; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE;

EID: 3042618739     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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