Glossopharyngeal nerve blocks for awake laryngeal mask airway insertion in an infant with Pierre-Robin syndrome: Can a glidescope come to the rescue?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-190

  Jagannathan, Narasimhan ^a   Sohn, Lisa E ^a   Suresh, Santhanam ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEVOFLURANE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPES; NERVE BLOCK; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME;

EID: 58849150326     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02825.x     Document Type: Letter

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