Is Plan A OK in the ‘plausibly difficult’ airway?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 784-785

  Valdinger, S A ^a   Norris, A ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; OXYGENATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; MENTAL DISEASE; SYMBOLISM;

CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 85019023674     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13902     Document Type: Letter

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