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Editorial
. 2021 Jun;126(6):1086-1088.
doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.03.012. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Difficult airway management: children are different from adults, and neonates are different from children!

Narasimhan Jagannathan  1 , Takashi Asai  2
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Difficult airway management: children are different from adults, and neonates are different from children!

Narasimhan Jagannathan et al. Br J Anaesth. 2021 Jun.
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Keywords: airway management; complications; difficult airway; neonate; paediatric anaesthesia; videolaryngoscopy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations of interest NJ serves on the editorial boards of the Anesthesia and Analgesia, Pediatric Anesthesia, Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, and Journal of Anaesthesia. He has received products free of charge from Ambu and Teleflex corporations. He has received travel support for meetings involving future developments for upcoming airway devices from Teleflex, Vyaire Medical, and Mercury Medical. He has received stock options from Spiro. TA is an editor of the British Journal of Anaesthesia and the Journal of Anesthesia.

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