Postoperative severe uvular edema following tonsillectomy in a child with a history of obstructive sleep apnea

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 673-675

  Nasr, Viviane G ^a   Bitar, Mohammad A ^a   Chehade, Jules Marie A ^a   Dagher, Walid I ^b   Baraka, Anis S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOMPERIDONE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SALBUTAMOL;

ADENOIDECTOMY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PALATE; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY; UVULAR EDEMA;

ADENOIDS; ANTIEMETICS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOMPERIDONE; EDEMA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OMEPRAZOLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY; UVULA;

EID: 44649175108     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02515.x     Document Type: Letter

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