Failed tracheal intubation in obstetric anaesthesia: 2 yr national case-control study in the UK

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-80

  Quinn, A C ^a   Milne, D ^b   Columb, M ^c   Gorton, H ^a   Knight, M ^d  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway complications; anaesthesia obstetrics; failed tracheal intubation; incidence; laryngeal masks; UK Obstetric Surveillance System, UKOSS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC SUCTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871228622     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes320     Document Type: Article

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