Awake tracheal intubation through the laryngeal mask in neonates with upper airway obstruction

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-80

  Asai, Takashi ^a   Nagata, Atsushi ^a   Shingu, Koh ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Difficult intubation; Pierre Robin syndrome; Treacher Collins syndrome

Indexed keywords

SEVOFLURANE; VECURONIUM;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WAKEFULNESS;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANOXIA; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; TONGUE;

EID: 37249051342     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2007.02354.x     Document Type: Article

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