Suggested algorithm for management of the unexpected difficult airway in obstetric anesthesia

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 385-386

  Vaida, Sonia J ^a   Pott, Leonard M ^a   Budde, Arne O ^a   Gaitini, Luis A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CUFF; FIBER OPTICS; HYPOBARISM; INTUBATION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LARYNGEAL MASK; LEARNING ALGORITHM; LETTER; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; STOMACH TUBE;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 69349102858     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.12.015     Document Type: Letter

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