Predicting the difficult laryngoscopic intubation: Are we on the right track?;Prédire l'intubation laryngoscopique difficile: Sommes-nous sur la bonne voie?

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-235

  Murphy, Michael ^a,c   Hung, Orlando ^b   Launcelott, Gordon ^b   Law, Adam ^b   Morris, Ian ^b  

^a Lincoln Medical Center   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; BRONCHOSCOPE; CAUCASIAN; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDITORIAL; FACE MASK; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG RESISTANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGENATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 18644362769     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016055     Document Type: Editorial

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