A survey of Canadian anesthesiologists' preferences in difficult intubation and "cannot intubate, cannot ventilate" situations

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 717-726

  Wong, David T ^a   Mehta, Arpan ^a   Tam, Amanda D ^a   Yau, Brian ^a   Wong, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANADA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TRACHEOTOMY; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BRONCHOSCOPY; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRACHEOSTOMY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRACHEOSTOMY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84904551677     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-014-0183-0     Document Type: Review

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