Algorithms for management of the difficult airway

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 483-484

  Heidegger, Thomas ^a   Gerig, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airway management; Algorithms; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIST; CRICOID; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LUNG CLEARANCE; MICROLARYNGOSCOPY; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

EID: 10344243028     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200412000-00004     Document Type: Review

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