Exploring laryngeal reflexes in anaesthetised children - The investigators' point of view

Anaesthesia

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-5

  Erb, T O ^a   Frei, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BREATHING; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; GAS FLOW; HEART ARREST; HYPOXEMIA; LARYNX SPASM; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRIDOR; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CHILD; HUMANS; LARYNGISMUS; LARYNX; REFLEX; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; WATER;

EID: 84871007597     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12042     Document Type: Editorial

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