Is There a Gold Standard for Management of the Difficult Airway?

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 233-240

  Artime, Carlos A ^a   Hagberg, Carin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Algorithms; Difficult airway; Intubation; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84929673424     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: 22103538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2015.02.011     Document Type: Review

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