Proposal for the management of the unexpected difficult pediatric airway

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 454-464

  Weiss, Markus ^a   Engelhardt, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway; Difficult; Management; Pediatric; Unanticipated

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE MASK; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEARNING ALGORITHM; OXYGEN DELIVERY DEVICE; OXYGENATION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM PATIENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; CHILD; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPY; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 77950654526     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2010.03284.x     Document Type: Review

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