Management of the difficult and failed airway in obstetric anesthesia

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-48

  Vasdev, Gurinder M ^a   Harrison, Barry A ^b   Keegan, Mark T ^a   Burkle, Christopher M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; Failed airway; Obstetric anesthesia

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SODIUM; KETAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OXYGEN; PRILOCAINE; PROPOFOL; RANITIDINE; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DOSE RESPONSE; ECLAMPSIA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FACE MASK; FETUS DEATH; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX EDEMA; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL STRESS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MORBIDITY; NOSE CONGESTION; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MASKS; PREGNANCY; STRESS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 40349116295     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-007-0577-z     Document Type: Review

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