National census of airway management techniques used for anaesthesia in the UK: First phase of the Fourth National Audit Project at the Royal College of Anaesthetists

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 266-271

  Woodall, N M ^a   Cook, T M ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway; airway, complications; anaesthetic technique, supraglottic airway; anaesthetic technique, tracheal intubation; laryngeal mask

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FACE MASK; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78751509215     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq339     Document Type: Article

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