Lack of national consensus in preoperative airway assessment

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Nørskov, Anders K ^a,b   Rosenstock, Charlotte V ^a   Lundstrøm, Lars H ^a  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HEAD; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INTUBATION; NECK; PREDICTION; REGISTRATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CONSENSUS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84992428459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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