The new air-QTM intubating laryngeal airway for tracheal intubation in children with anticipated difficult airway: A case series

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 618-622

  Jagannathan, Narasimhan ^a   Roth, Andrew G ^a   Sohn, Lisa E ^a   Pak, Thomas Y ^a   Amin, Sapan ^a   Suresh, Santhanam ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; KETAMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; WATER;

ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; GOLDENHAR SYNDROME; HUMAN; HURLER SYNDROME; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; MAXILLA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65549171625     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.02990.x     Document Type: Article

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