Usefulness of airway evaluation in infants initially seen with an apparent life-threatening event

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 359-362

  Willis, Mark W ^a   Bonkowsky, Joshua L ^a   Srivastava, Rajendu ^a   Grimmer, J Fredrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY EVALUATION; APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EVENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROUP; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGOMALACIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT ASPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STRIDOR; SUPRAGLOTTOPLASTY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONSIL DISEASE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTILE APPARENT LIFE-THREATENING EVENT; LARYNGOMALACIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTAH;

EID: 79954510588     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.37     Document Type: Article

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