Children are not small adults and this fact is particularly true when we consider the
respiratory tract. The anatomic peculiarities of the upper airway make infants preferential …

Securing an airway is a vital task for the anesthesiologist. The pediatric patients have
significant anatomical and physiological differences compared with adults, which impact on …

Background There is disagreement regarding the anatomy of the pediatric airway,
particularly regarding the shape of the cricoid cartilage and the location of the narrowest …

One of the long held tenets of pediatric anesthesia has been the notion that the pediatric
airway is conical shape with the narrowest area being the cricoid region. However, recent …

Background Behavioral cough suppression therapy (BCST) with a speech–language
pathologist is a common treatment for chronic nonspecific cough (aka, tic cough) in children …

Background Since the introduction of endotracheal intubation in paediatrics, uncuffed
endotracheal tubes (ETTs) have been the standard of care for children under eight years …

Background The appropriate endotracheal tube (ETT) size is commonly determined using
age‐based formula; ETT size determination based on ultrasound (US) measurement of …

Background Recent studies have challenged the historically accepted fact that the larynx is
cone‐shaped in infants and children. The present study used computed tomography (CT) …

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The airway of pediatric patients' changes through development, presenting a challenge in
developing pediatric-specific aerosol therapeutics. Our work aims to quantify geometric …