Paediatric airway management: Basic aspects

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Holm Knudsen, R J ^a   Rasmussen, L S ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX EDEMA; LARYNX SPASM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGING; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; HUMANS; MASKS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 57649158912     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01794.x     Document Type: Review

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