Difficult tracheal intubation using airway scope in a pediatric patient with Hunter syndrome

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1279-1281

  Taguchi, Shima ^a   Kusunoki, Shinji ^a   Fukuda, Hideki ^a   Hamada, Hiroshi ^a   Kawamoto, Masashi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway scope; Difficult airway; Hunter syndrome; Laryngopharyngeal edema; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; HUNTER SYNDROME; LARYNX EDEMA; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHARYNX EDEMA; VOCAL CORD; ADENOIDECTOMY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL EDEMA; MALE; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS II; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 70350347259     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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