Successful tracheal intubation using the pediatric Airtraq® optical laryngoscope in a pediatric patient with Robin sequence

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-191

  Iwai, Hidetaka ^a   Kanai, Riichiro ^a   Takaku, Yuko ^a   Hirabayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Seo, Norimasa ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airtraq ; Difficult airway; Optical laryngoscope; Robin sequence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; PALATE; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME;

EID: 79952300800     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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