Art of airway management: The concept of 'Ma' (Japanese: [Foreign language], when 'less is more')

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 809-812

  Greenland, K B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LARYNGOSCOPE; OXYGENATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; TRAINING; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DEVICES; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84950113886     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev298     Document Type: Editorial

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