Plan D: Cannula first, or scalpel only?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 533-535

  Heard, A ^a   Dinsmore, J ^b   Douglas, S ^a   Lacquiere, D ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

^b Portsmouth   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ASSISTED VENTILATION; BOUGIE; CANNULA; CAPNOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOXYGENATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SCALPEL; TRACHEOTOMY; CRICOID CARTILAGE; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THYROID CARTILAGE; ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CANNULA; CRICOID CARTILAGE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; OXYGEN; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THYROID CARTILAGE;

EID: 84995603178     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew286     Document Type: Letter

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