Front of neck access: A survey among anesthetists and surgeons

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 462-466

  Mendonca, Cyprian ^a   Ahmad, Imran ^b   Sajayan, Achuthapillai ^c   Shanmugam, Rathinavel ^d   Sharma, Manu ^e   Tosh, Will ^f   Pallister, Emily ^a,f   Kimani, Peter ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f Warwickshire School of Anaesthesia   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway management; anesthetists; surgeons; survey and questionnaires; tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL OUTCOME; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FRONT OF NECK ACCESS; HUMAN; OXYGENATION; PALPATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SCALPEL BOUGIE TUBE TECHNIQUE; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THERAPY EFFECT; TRACHEA; TRACHEOTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 85040731967     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: 22312730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/joacp.JOACP_109_17     Document Type: Review

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