Prediction in airway management: what is worthwhile, what is a waste of time and what about the future?

Affiliations

¹ Private Anaesthesia Practice, Wendy Teoh Pte. Ltd, Singapore.
² Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Blegdamsvej, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark michael.seltz.kristensen@regionh.dk.

Editorial

W H Teoh et al. Br J Anaesth. 2016 Jul.

. 2016 Jul;117(1):1-3.

doi: 10.1093/bja/aew148.

¹ Private Anaesthesia Practice, Wendy Teoh Pte. Ltd, Singapore.
² Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Blegdamsvej, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark michael.seltz.kristensen@regionh.dk.

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