Anticipation of the difficult airway: Preoperative airway assessment, an educational and quality improvement tool

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 276-285

  Cattano, D ^a   Killoran, P V ^a   Iannucci, D ^a   Maddukuri, V ^a   Altamirano, A V ^a   Sridhar, S ^a   Seitan, C ^a   Chen, Z ^a   Hagberg, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

airway; education, medical students

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFICULT AIRWAY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84880519982     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet029     Document Type: Article

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