Airway Management in a Child with Goldenhar Syndrome

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital; Department of Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China.
³ Department of Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.

Yan-Hua Sun et al. Chin Med J (Engl). 2017.

. 2017 Dec 5;130(23):2881-2882.

doi: 10.4103/0366-6999.219146.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital; Department of Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China.
³ Department of Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.

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Conflict of interest statement

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