A rude awakening after our fourth 'NAP': Lessons for airway management

Anaesthesia

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 331-334

  O'Sullivan, E ^a   Laffey, J ^b,c   Pandit, J J ^d,e  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POISON;

BRAIN DAMAGE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DEATH; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; GASTRIC SUCTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTUBATION; JOB EXPERIENCE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; OBESITY; OPERATING ROOM; PREVENTION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RISK; TEAMWORK; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 79954592024     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06755.x     Document Type: Editorial

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