The NCEPOD study: On the right trach? lessons for the anaesthetist

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-158

  McGrath, B A ^a   Wilkinson, K ^b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; BRONCHOSCOPY; CAPNOMETRY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRACHEAL HEMORRHAGE; TRACHEOSTOMY; WARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OBESITY; PROCEDURES;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OBESITY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84938604514     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev147     Document Type: Editorial

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