Pediatric transtracheal and cricothyrotomy airway devices for emergency use: Which are appropriate for infants and children?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 66-76

  CotÉ, Charles J ^a   Hartnick, Christopher J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Airway obstruction; Cricothyrotomy; Emergency; Pediatric; Tracheostomy; Transtracheal

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANESTHESIST; CATHETER; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNX; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALPEL; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TROCAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 67651249884     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.02996.x     Document Type: Review

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