Death and brain damage from difficult airway management: a "never event"

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Editorial

Karen B Domino. Can J Anaesth. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;68(2):169-174.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01847-6. Epub 2020 Nov 16.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 356540, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA. kdomino@uw.edu.

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Anesthesiology airway-related medicolegal cases from the Canadian Medical Protection Association.
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