Elective use of supraglottic airway devices for primary airway management in children with difficult airways

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 742-748

  Jagannathan, N ^a   Sequera Ramos, L ^a   Sohn, L ^a   Wallis, B ^b   Shertzer, A ^b   Schaldenbrand, K ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

difficult airway; laryngeal masks paediatric; supraglottic airway

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN DESATURATION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE SUPPORT VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; YOUNG ADULT;

DIFFICULT AIRWAY; LARYNGEAL MASKS, PAEDIATRIC; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIGLOTTIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896970398     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet411     Document Type: Article

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