Creation of a head and face protection device for children undergoing procedures in prone position

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 587-592

  Wenk, Manuel ^a   PÖpping, Daniel ^a   Henning, Martin ^b   Wenk, Melanie ^a   Liljenqvist, Ulf ^c   MÖllmann, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b St Franziskus Hospital   (Germany)

^c ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facial protection; Postoperative visual loss; Prone position

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; FACE MASK; FOAM; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HELMET; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACIAL INJURIES; HEAD; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MASKS; PRESSURE; PRONE POSITION;

EID: 65549131575     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03008.x     Document Type: Article

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