RT Book, Section
A1 Juergens, Andrew L.
A1 Glover, Jenny
A1 Reddy, Manoj P.
A2 Stone, C. Keith
A2 Humphries, Roger L.
A2 Drigalla, Dorian
A2 Stephan, Maria
SR Print(0)
ID 1176571799
T1 Compromised Airway
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071799454
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1176571799
RD 2024/04/16
AB Endotracheal  intubation  of  children  may  be  more  difficult  compared  with  intubation  of  adults  because  of  anatomical  differences.  A  number  of  differences  are  illustrated  in  Figure  9–1.  Children  have  a  small  mouth  aperture  with  a  hyomental  distance  of  1.5  cm  or  less  in  a  newborn  or  infant  and  3  cm  or  less  in  a  child.  Children  also  have  impaired  head  and  neck  mobility,  especially  a  child  with  Down  syndrome  or  juvenile  rheumatoid  arthritis.