An assessment of perioperative respiratory adverse events and difficult intubation in pediatric patients with trisomy 21.

CONCLUSIONS: Compared to matched controls, children with trisomy 21 have a lower incidence of difficult intubation and a higher incidence of perioperative respiratory adverse events, largely due to increased rate of airway obstruction.
PMID: 33484030 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia - January 23, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Graber T, Baskin P, Soria C, Greenberg M, Gabriel R, Brzenski A Tags: Paediatr Anaesth Source Type: research