Equipment to manage a difficult airway during anaesthesia

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-34

  Baker, P A ^a,b   Flanagan, B T ^a,c   Greenland, K B ^a,d,e,f   Morris, R ^a,g   Owen, H ^a,h   Riley, R H ^a,i,j   Runciman, W B ^a,k,l   Scott, D A ^a,m   Segal, R ^a,n   Smithies, W J ^a,i   Merry, A F ^a,o  

^a Australia New Zealand College of Anaesthetists   (Australia)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^k Patient Safety and Healthcare Human Factors   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^m ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

Airway equipment; Airway management; Intratracheal; Intubation; Laryngeal mask airway; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

SUGAMMADEX;

AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EQUIPMENT; EXTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 79551557231     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900104     Document Type: Review

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