Strategies for Difficult Airway Management at Anesthesia Departments in Austria

 

 

Ernst Zadrobilek, MD,¹ Klaus Krasser, MD,² Wolfgang Puchner, MD,³ and  Friedrich Marian, MD⁴ 

 

¹Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Chairman of the Austrian Working Group for Airway Management and Director of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Empress Elisabeth Hospital of the City of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

²Staff Anesthetist and Intensive Care Physician, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Empress Elisabeth Hospital of the City of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

³Staff Anesthetist and Intensive Care Physician, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Hospital of the City of Linz, Linz, Austria.

⁴Anesthetist and Intensive Care Physician, Director of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Weinviertel Clinic Mistelbach, Mistelbach, Austria.

 

Address correspondence and comments to Ernst Zadrobilek.

 

Received from the Austrian Working Group for Airway Management, Vienna, Austria.

 

Statements

Supported solely by the Austrian Working Group for Airway Management.

 

Acknowledgements

The authors of this study thank all clinical directors of the Austrian anesthesia departments who gave their time and energy to complete the questionnaires.

 

Key Words

Airway management: survey questionnaire.

Strategies: difficult airway management.

 

Published: August 22, 2007.

 

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The correct citation of this survey questionnaire for reference is:

Zadrobilek E, Krasser K, Puchner W, Marian F. Strategies for difficult airway management at anesthesia departments in Austria. Internet Journal of Airway Management 4, 2006-2007.
Available from URL: http://www.adair.at/ijam/volume04/surveyquestionnaire01/default.htm
Date accessed: month day, year.

 

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Lat update: September 2, 2007.

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Abstract

Introduction

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