The difficult airway with recommendations for management - Part 1 - Intubation encountered in an unconscious/induced patient

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1089-1118

  Law, J Adam ^a   Broemling, Natasha ^b   Cooper, Richard M ^b   Drolet, Pierre ^b   Duggan, Laura V ^b   Griesdale, Donald E ^b   Hung, Orlando R ^b   Jones, Philip M ^b   Kovacs, George ^b   Massey, Simon ^b   Morris, Ian R ^b   Mullen, Timothy ^b   Murphy, Michael F ^b   Preston, Roanne ^b   Naik, Viren N ^b   Scott, Jeanette ^b   Stacey, Shean ^b   Turkstra, Timothy P ^b   Wong, David T ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY CREATION DEVICE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANADA; CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE STYLET; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACE MASK; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATION CONTROL; SUPRAGLOTTIC DEVICE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRACHEAL HOOK; TRACHEAL TUBE INTRODUCER; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TROUSSEAU DILATOR; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA; CANADA; CRICOID CARTILAGE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84887468916     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-013-0019-3     Document Type: Article

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