Device or target? A paradigm shift in airway management Implications for guidelines, clinical practice and teaching

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 811-814

  Sorbello, Massimiliano ^a   Afshari, Arash ^b   De Hert, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; OXYGENATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; LARYNGEAL MASK; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85054355619     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000893     Document Type: Review

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