Upper airway collapsibility in anesthetized children

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 750-754

  Litman, Ronald S ^a   McDonough, Joseph M ^b   Marcus, Carole L ^b   Schwartz, Alan R ^b   Ward, Denham S ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; MIDAZOLAM; SEVOFLURANE;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33644549975     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000197695.24281.df     Document Type: Article

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