Prevalence of a training module for difficult airway management: A comparison between Japan and the United Kingdom

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 571-574

  Kiyama, S ^b   Muthuswamy, D ^c   Latto, I P ^c   Asai, T ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway: complications; Equipment; Training

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BOUGIE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; JAPAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; JAPAN; LARYNGEAL MASKS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 0038204139     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03180.x     Document Type: Article

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