Tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) and oesophageal atresia (OA)

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-401

  Knottenbelt, Graham ^a   Skinner, Adam ^b   Seefelder, Christian ^c  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Neonatal anaesthesia; Oesophageal atresia; Tracheo oesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTUBATION; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ANESTHESIA; ESOPHAGUS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; TRACHEA;

ANESTHESIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; THORACOSCOPY; TRACHEA; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 79952109713     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: 1532169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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