Adverse airway events in parturient compared with non-parturient patients. Is there a difference? Results from a quality management project

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1032-1039

  Heinrich, Sebastian ^a   Irouschek, Andrea ^a   Prottengeier, Johannes ^a   Ackermann, Andreas ^a   Schmidt, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

adverse airway event; difficult airway; emergency cesarean delivery; obstetric anesthesia; poor laryngoscopic view

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84984614761     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12677     Document Type: Article

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