Stridor is not a scientifically valid outcome measure for assessing airway injury

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 180-197

  Holzki, Josef ^a   Laschat, Michael ^a   Puder, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cuffed intubation; Damage; Outcome measure; Pediatric airway; Stridor

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CUFF; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LARYNX INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STRIDOR; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

EID: 67651251263     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03004.x     Document Type: Review

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