Failed intubation revisited: 17-yr experience in a teaching maternity unit

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 680-684

  Hawthorne, L ^a   Wilson, R ^a   Lyons, G ^a   Dresner, M ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, obstetric; Intubation, tracheal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029969343     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.5.680     Document Type: Article

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