Anatomy and assessment of the pediatric airway

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Adewale, Lola ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway; Anatomy; Assessment; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; AIRWAY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNX; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE; OROPHARYNX; PARANASAL SINUS; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 67651242052     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03012.x     Document Type: Review

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