Deep propofol sedation for vacuum-assisted bite-block immobilization in children undergoing proton radiation therapy of cranial tumors

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 867-873

  Weiss, Markus ^a   Frei, Martina ^a   Buehrer, Sabin ^a   Feurer, Rita ^a   Goitein, Gudrun ^b   Timmermann, Beate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airway; Children; Immobilization; Propofol; Radiation; Sedation

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SEDATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT; NASAL DECONGESTANTS; PROPOFOL; PROTONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547683962     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2007.02273.x     Document Type: Article

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