Survey of airway management strategies and experience of non-consultant doctors in intensive care units in the UK

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 821-825

  Astin, J ^a   King, E C ^a   Bradley, T ^b   Bellchambers, E ^a   Cook, T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway; complications; equipment; intensive care, tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAPNOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84867529917     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes268     Document Type: Article

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