Strategies for the prevention of airway complications – a narrative review

Anaesthesia

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 93-111

  Cook, T M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway; complications; difficult airway; registry

Indexed keywords

SUGAMMADEX;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA BASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATALITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; PROCEDURES;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 85037057167     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14123     Document Type: Review

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