Management of the difficult airway: a closed claims analysis.

Gene N. Peterson; Karen B. Domino; Robert A. Caplan; Karen L. Posner; Lorri A. Lee; Frederick W. Cheney

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Management of the difficult airway: a closed claims analysis.

July 13, 2005

Peterson GN, Domino KB, Caplan RA, et al. Anesthesiology. 2005;103(1):33-39.

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The authors analyzed 179 malpractice claims to determine liability patterns before and after specific practice guidelines were adopted.

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