Paediatric airway anaesthesia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-41

  Best, Crispin ^a  

^a RHSC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway; equipment; paediatric; safety; techniques

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; FENTANYL; HELIUM; KETAMINE; NITROGEN; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; APNEA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BAROTRAUMA; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CHILD CARE; GAS FLOW; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; OXYGENATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; REVIEW;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA; ANOXIA; CHILD; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84855806877     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32834e63e2     Document Type: Review

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