Airway problems in pregnancy

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Munnur, Uma ^a   De Boisblanc, Ben ^a   Suresh, Maya S ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Difficult airway algorithm; Difficult intubation; Failed intubation; General anesthesia; Labor; Maternal mortality; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ALGORITHM; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LUNG ASPIRATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MORBID OBESITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26444446885     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000183502.45419.C9     Document Type: Review

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