Incidence and predictors of difficult laryngoscopy in 11.219 pediatric anesthesia procedures

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 729-736

  Heinrich, Sebastian ^a   Birkholz, Torsten ^a   Ihmsen, Harald ^a   Irouschek, Andrea ^a   Ackermann, Andreas ^a   Schmidt, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway; Difficult airway; Pediatric airway

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84863720317     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2012.03813.x     Document Type: Review

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