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Assessment of the Difficult Airway

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Atlas of Emergency Medicine Procedures

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Should be performed on all patients that require airway management, conditions permitting

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Melinda W. Fernandez MD

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Lars K. Beattie MD, MS

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Correspondence to Lars K. Beattie MD, MS .

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  1. Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida, Director, SE Specialty Care Centers of Innovation, Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Orlando, Florida, USA

    Latha Ganti

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Fernandez, M.W., Beattie, L.K. (2016). Assessment of the Difficult Airway. In: Ganti, L. (eds) Atlas of Emergency Medicine Procedures. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2507-0_13

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