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Are physician assistant and patient airway assessments reliable compared to anesthesiologist assessments in detecting difficult airways in general surgical patients?

BACKGROUND: Airway management remains one of the most important responsibilities of anesthesiologists. Prediction of difficult airway allows time for proper selection of equipment, technique, and personnel experienced in managing patients with difficult airway. Face to face preoperative anesthesia i...

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Autores principales: Payne, Erin, Ragheb, Jacqueline, Jewell, Elizabeth S., Huang, Betsy P., Bailey, Angela M., Fritsch, Laura M., Engoren, Milo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5700753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29201360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13741-017-0077-0