Burn the Bridge to Cross the River? To Paralyze or Not to Paralyze the Pediatric Difficult Airway

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¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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K Karisa Walker et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;131(2):466-468.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004471.

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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A Retrospective Analysis of Neuromuscular Blocking Drug Use and Ventilation Technique on Complications in the Pediatric Difficult Intubation Registry Using Propensity Score Matching.
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