Guidelines for the management of tracheal intubation in critically ill adults

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 323-352

  Higgs, A ^a   McGrath, B A ^b   Goddard, C ^c   Rangasami, J ^d   Suntharalingam, G ^e   Gale, R ^f   Cook, T M ^g  

^a WARRINGTON AND HALTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

difficult airway; emergency medicine; intensive care; tracheal intubation; Can't Intubate Can't Oxygenate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BURN; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COGNITIVE OVERLOAD; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG CHOICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTUBATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OXYGENATION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEAMWORK; THERMAL INJURY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VORTEX APPROACH; ANESTHESIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY; INTENSIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL;

EID: 85047948717     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2017.10.021     Document Type: Article

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