Management of unexpected difficult airway at a teaching institution over a 7-year period

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 198-204

  Connelly, Neil Roy ^a,b   Ghandour, Kamel ^a   Robbins, Larry ^a,b   Dunn, Steven ^a,b   Gibson, Charles ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Anesthesia; Bullard laryngoscope; Difficult airway; Fiberoptic; Laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME;

HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646796371     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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