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Review
. 2020 Jun;20(6):201-207.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2020.03.003. Epub 2020 Apr 21.

General anaesthesia in obstetrics

C Delgado  1 , L Ring  2 , M C Mushambi  3
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Review

General anaesthesia in obstetrics

C Delgado et al. BJA Educ. 2020 Jun.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

MCM was chair and coauthor of the Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association and Difficult Airway Society guidelines for the management of difficult and failed tracheal intubation in obstetrics, which have been referenced in this article. CD and LR declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Figures

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OAA/DAS Obstetric Airway Guidelines, algorithm 1: safe obstetric general anaesthesia. Reproduced from Mushambi and colleagues, with permission from the Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association and Difficult Airway Society.
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OAA/DAS Obstetric Airway Guidelines, algorithm 2: obstetric failed tracheal intubation. Reproduced from Mushambi and colleagues, with permission from the Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association and Difficult Airway Society.
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OAA/DAS Obstetric Airway Guidelines, Table 1: proceed with surgery? Criteria to be used in the decision to wake or proceed after failed tracheal intubation. Reproduced from Mushambi and colleagues, with permission from the Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association and Difficult Airway Society.
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