The upper airway in Weaver syndrome

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 893-896

  Crawford, Mark W ^a   Rohan, Denise ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intubation difficulty; Tracheal intubation, micrognathia, larynx; Weaver syndrome: upper airway

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DENTAL SURGERY; DIFFICULT INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FINGER MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MANDIBLE; MICROGNATHIA; NECK MALFORMATION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT NECK; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WEAVER SYNDROME; CHILD; GENERAL ANESTHESIA;

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; ISOFLURANE; MALE; MICROGNATHISM;

EID: 33644673223     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01545.x     Document Type: Article

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