Pediatric Airway Anatomy and Tracheal Tubes: It Is Not All About the Cuff

James Peyton^{1

2}, Elizabeth Foglia^{3

4}, Gi Soo Lee^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Editorial

James Peyton et al. Anesth Analg. 2021.

. 2021 Oct 1;133(4):891-893.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005705.

James Peyton^{1

2}, Elizabeth Foglia^{3

4}, Gi Soo Lee^{2

5}

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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