Anaesthesiological airway management in Denmark: Assessment, equipment and documentation

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 350-354

  Mellado, P F ^a   Thunedborg, L Per ^a,b   Swiatek, F ^a   Kristensen, M S ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airway assessment; Difficult intubation plan; Documentation; Equipment

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DENMARK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTUBATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NECK; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; DENMARK; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPES; MANDIBLE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MOVEMENT; NECK; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RESPIRATION;

EID: 1542316740     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.0337.x     Document Type: Article

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