Difficult airway management patterns among attending anaesthetists practising in Israel

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 619-623

  Ezri, Tiberiu ^a   Konichezky, S ^b   Geva, D ^b   Warters, R D ^c   Szmuk, P ^c   Hagberg, C ^c  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Masks, airway devices, laryngeal masks

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTUBATION; ISRAEL; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG VENTILATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIGH-FREQUENCY JET VENTILATION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; ISRAEL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0042065274     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021503000991     Document Type: Article

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