Emergency front-of-neck airway: strategies for addressing its urgency

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 545-548

  Greenland, Keith B ^a   Sommerville, Ryan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HYPOXIA; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY FRONT OF NECK AIRWAY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROIDECTOMY; ANESTHESIST; EMERGENCY; NECK; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SURGEON;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHETISTS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; NECK; SURGEONS;

EID: 85072263281     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.08.008     Document Type: Editorial

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