The normal and the challenging pediatric airway

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 521-526

  Sims, Craig ^a,b   Von Ungern Sternberg, Britta S ^a,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

airway; airway, anomalies; airway, child; airway, devices; airway, difficult; airway, techniques; techniques

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GOLDENHAR SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUNTER SYNDROME; HURLER SYNDROME; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTUBATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; PEDIATRICS; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VOCAL CORD;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 84861380969     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2012.03858.x     Document Type: Review

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