Difficult and failed intubation in 3430 obstetric general anaesthetics

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1168-1171

  Djabatey, Edwin A ^a   Barclay, P M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; REMIFENTANIL;

ANESTHESIST; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 70350515909     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06060.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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