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Formal airway assessment prior to emergency tracheal intubation: a regional survey of usual practice

Authors: A Karmali, S Saha, P Patel

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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Formal airway assessment prior to tracheal intubation is one of the core skills taught to trainees in anaesthesia and forms part of routine perioperative practice. In the United Kingdom, anaesthetists perform the vast majority of emergency intubations of critically ill patients. We conducted a survey of usual practice and opinion regarding airway assessment in the emergency setting by trainees in anaesthesia. …
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Title
Formal airway assessment prior to emergency tracheal intubation: a regional survey of usual practice
Authors
A Karmali
S Saha
P Patel
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9571

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