Airway management after failure to intubate by direct laryngoscopy: Outcomes in a large teaching hospital

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 634-640

  Burkle, Christopher M ^a   Walsh, Michael T ^a   Harrison, Barry A ^a   Curry, Timothy B ^a   Rose, Steven H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLASSIFICATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROSCOPE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOOTH INJURY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23844508816     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03015776     Document Type: Article

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