Management of difficult and failed intubation in obstetrics
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Difficult and failed intubation in obstetrics.
Obstetric general anaesthesia is associated with a number of deleterious effects and it has long been recognized that airway management can be challenging and tracheal intubation more likely to fail. Failed intubation and subsequent inadequate ventilation is an important cause of maternal mortality and morbidity. General anaesthesia for Caesarean section has dramatically declined in many nation...
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عنوان ژورنال: BJA CEPD Reviews
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1472-2615
DOI: 10.1093/bjacepd/1.4.117