The Difficult Airway Society 'ADEPT' Guidance on selecting airway devices: The basis of a strategy for equipment evaluation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 726-737

  Pandit, J J ^a,b   Popat, M T ^a   Cook, T M ^c   Wilkes, A R ^d   Groom, P ^e   Cooke, H ^f   Kapila, A ^g   O'Sullivan, E ^h  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^f British Anaesthetic and Respiratory Equipment Manufacturers Association   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AIRWAY DEVICE; AIRWAY DEVICE EVALUATION PROJECT TEAM; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMUNITY; DIFFICULT AIRWAY SOCIETY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PURCHASING; SOCIETY; TRUST;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 79960345145     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06787.x     Document Type: Article

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