Head position for opening the upper airway
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Opening the upper airway--airway maneuvers in pediatric anesthesia.
Maintenance of a patent airway is the most important aspect of the safe administration of anesthesia in children. However, in spontaneously breathing, anesthetized children, upper airway obstruction is a frequent problem (1) and failure to maintain a patent airway can rapidly result in hypoxemia, bradycardia or even cardiac arrest. Upper airway narrowing is most likely to appear in pharyngeal s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.04955.x