Difficult Airways, Difficult Physiology and Difficult Technology: Respiratory Treatment of the Special Needs Child

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-90

  Bassham, Brian S ^a   Kane, Ian ^a   MacKeil White, Kimberly ^b   Fischer, John ^b   Arnold, Don ^a   Whatley, Valerie ^a   Walsh, Michele ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with special health care needs; Chronic lung disease; Pulmonary hypertension; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUOUS NEBULIZER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; METERED DOSE INHALER; MINI HEART NEBULIZER; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEBULIZATION; NEBULIZER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NON REBREATHING MASK; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OXYGEN MASK; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SIMPLE MASK; SUCTION; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VAPOTHERM; VENTURI MASK;

EID: 84865371050     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: 15582310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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