Airway management and tracheal intubation: Where can we improve?

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-146

  Merli, G ^a  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIST; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPLICATION; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; PATIENT SAFETY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SKILL;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE;

EID: 84856586669     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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