Difficult airway management and the novice physician

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-12

  Aikins, Noble L ^a   Ganesh, Rajpaul ^a   Springmann, Kurt E ^a   Lunn, Jeffrey J ^a   Solis Keus, Joanne ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Difficult; Physician

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650476400     PISSN: 09742700     EISSN: 0974519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.58668     Document Type: Article

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