Pediatric laryngeal dimensions: An age-based analysis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1475-1479

  Dalal, Priti G ^a   Murray, David ^b   Messner, Anna H ^c   Feng, Angela ^d   McAllister, John ^b   Molter, David ^b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARYNX; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRICOID CARTILAGE; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNX; MALE; UNITED STATES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 65349117619     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31819d1d99     Document Type: Article

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