Survey on controversies in airway management among anesthesiologists in the UK, Austria and Switzerland

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1088-1094

  Theiler, L ^a,b   Fischer, H ^c   Voelke, N ^b   Basciani, R ^b   Hasty, F ^a   Greif, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airway management; Blocking agents; Neuromuscular; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRIA; CRICOID PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASK; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; AUSTRIA; CRICOID CARTILAGE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84870174891     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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