Airway management research: what problem are we trying to solve?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 704-707

  McGrenaghan, E ^a   Smith, A F ^a  

^a ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway management; ethics; facemask ventilation; intubation techniques

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CADAVER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY PROCEDURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CONSENSUS; LARYNGEAL MASK;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CONSENSUS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS;

EID: 85058958694     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14563     Document Type: Editorial

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