Injuries after cricothyroidotomy using different equipment

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Tomasz M Gaszynski. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 1;39(2):175-176.

doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001527.

¹ From the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland (TMG).

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Cricothyroidotomy competence and injuries using nonmedical equipment: A crossover noninferiority randomised controlled trial in a porcine cadaver model.
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