Crisis management during anaesthesia: laryngospasm
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Crisis management during anaesthesia: laryngospasm.
BACKGROUND Laryngospasm is usually easily detected and managed, but may present atypically and/or be precipitated by factors which are not immediately recognised. If poorly managed, it has the potential to cause morbidity and mortality such as severe hypoxaemia, pulmonary aspiration, and post-obstructive pulmonary oedema. OBJECTIVES To examine the role of a previously described core algorithm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Quality and Safety in Health Care
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1475-3898,1475-3901
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2002.004275