Anesthesia in children with a cold

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-339

  Becke, Karin ^a  

^a Hospital Hallerwiese   (Germany)

Author keywords

adverse events; pediatric anesthesia; perioperative complications; respiratory complications; upper respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DESFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; PROPOFOL; SALBUTAMOL; SEVOFLURANE;

AGE; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIST; ATELECTASIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BREATH HOLDING; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; FEVER; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX SPASM; LUNG COMPLICATION; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NOSE CONGESTION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIOPERATIVE RESPIRATORY ADVERSE EVENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; RISK FACTOR; SNEEZING; SUPPURATION; WHEEZING;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNGEAL MASKS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861100921     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283534e80     Document Type: Review

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