Effects of using the simplified airway risk index vs usual airway assessment on unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation - A cluster randomized trial with 64,273 participants

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 680-689

  Norskov A K ^a,b   Wetterslev, J ^b   Rosenstock, C V ^a   Afshari, A ^b   Astrup, G ^c   Jakobsen, J C ^b,d   Thomsen, J L ^e   Bottger M ^b   Ellekvist, M ^b   Schousboe, B M B ^b   Horn, A ^f   Jorgensen B G ^g   Lorentzen, K ^h   Madsen, M H ^a   Knudsen, J S ⁱ   Thisted, B K ^j   Estrup, S ^d   Mieritz, H B ^k   Klesse, T ^l   Martinussen, H J ^m   Vedel, A G ^b   Maaloe R ⁿ   Bosling K B ^d   Kirkegaard, P R C ^d   Ibanez C R ^o   Aleksandraviciute, G ^p   Hansen, L S ^q   Mantoni, T ^b   Lundstrom L H ^a   more..

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f Department of Anaesthesiology   (Denmark)

^g FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^j Department of Anaesthesiology   (Denmark)

^k Hospital of Southern Jutland   (Denmark)

^l Sonderborg Hospital   (Denmark)

^m Private Hospital Kollund   (Denmark)

ⁿ BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^o Section of Cardiology   (Denmark)

^p Thy Mors Hospital   (Denmark)

^q LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

more..

Author keywords

airway management; cluster analysis; preoperative care; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMPLIFIED AIRWAY RISK INDEX; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84965147481     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew057     Document Type: Article

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