Responsive Contingency Planning: A novel system for anticipated difficulty in airway management in dental abscess

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 898-905

  Darshane, S ^a   Groom, P ^a   Charters, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway, infections; Anaesthetic techniques, laryngoscopy; Safety, techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; TOOTH ABSCESS; TRISMUS; ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRISMUS;

EID: 38449097170     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem302     Document Type: Article

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