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Review
. 2021 Dec;21(12):446-454.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2021.07.003. Epub 2021 Aug 25.

Safe tracheal extubation after general anaesthesia

J Benham-Hermetz  1 , V Mitchell  1
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Review

Safe tracheal extubation after general anaesthesia

J Benham-Hermetz et al. BJA Educ. 2021 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: airway management; general anaesthesia; tracheal extubation.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Difficult Airway Society (DAS) extubation guidelines: basic algorithm. Reproduced from Popat and colleagues, with permission from the Association of Anaesthetists and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. HDU, high dependency unit; OSA, obstructive sleep apnoea.
Fig 2
Fig 2
Difficult Airway Society (DAS) extubation guidelines: ‘at-risk’ algorithm. Reproduced from Popat and colleagues, with permission from the Association of Anaesthetists and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. HDU, high dependency unit.
Fig 3
Fig 3
Key steps in performing a ‘low risk’ awake extubation. Adapted from Popat and colleagues.
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