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Metadata
Title
Strategies for difficult airway management—the current state is not ideal
Author
Takashi Asai
Publication date
01-02-2013
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Journal of Anesthesia / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0913-8668
Electronic ISSN: 1438-8359
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-012-1521-4

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