Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association and Difficult Airway Society guidelines for the management of difficult and failed tracheal intubation in obstetrics

Anaesthesia

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1286-1306

  Mushambi, M C ^a   Kinsella, S M ^b   Popat, M ^c   Swales, H ^d   Ramaswamy, K K ^e   Winton, A L ^b   Quinn, A C ^f,g  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OXYGEN DESATURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; FEMALE; LARYNGEAL MASK; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION CONTROL; STANDARDS;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84943535510     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13260     Document Type: Review

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