A simple method to deliver pharyngeal anesthesia in syndromic infants prior to awake insertion of the intubating laryngeal airway

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1138-1139

  Jagannathan, Narasimhan ^a   Truong, Co T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; PACIFIER; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LIDOCAINE; PACIFIERS; PHARYNX;

EID: 79952277852     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-010-9394-1     Document Type: Letter

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