Counterpoint: Should an Anesthesiologist Be the Specialist of Choice in Managing the Difficult Airway in the ICU? Not Necessarily

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Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1375-1377

  Doerschug, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NOTE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SPECIALIZATION;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84875814340     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2196     Document Type: Editorial

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