The unanticipated difficult airway - Evolving strategies for successful salvage;L'intubation difficile imprévue - Évolution des stratégies d'un sauvetage réussi

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 562-567

  Crosby, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; BOUGIE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRONCHOSCOPE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEATH; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOOTH INJURY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 23844519977     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03015763     Document Type: Editorial

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