Airway management in obstetrics;Gestion des voies aériennes en obstétrique

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 651-664

  Boutonnet, M ^a   Faitot, V ^b   Keita H ^b  

^a Ecole du Val de Grace   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Airway; Algorithm; Anaesthesia; Difficult intubation; Intubation criteria; Obstetric; Policy; Pregnancy; Risks

Indexed keywords

ACID ASPIRATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREECLAMPSIA; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; TRACHEA;

EID: 80052413770     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: 17696623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2011.03.024     Document Type: Short Survey

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