Dubito ergo sum. From philosophy towards prevention of unrecognised oesophageal intubation

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¹ From the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, AOU Policlinico San Marco, Catania, Italy (MS), the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Regional University Hospital of Montpellier, St-Eloi Hospital, University of Montpellier, Phymedexp, Université de Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, CHRU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France (AdJ), the Division of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Perugia, Italy (EdR), the Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (RG), the School of Medicine, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Vienna, Austria (RG).

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Massimiliano Sorbello et al. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2023.

. 2023 May 1;40(5):310-312.

doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001822.

¹ From the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, AOU Policlinico San Marco, Catania, Italy (MS), the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Regional University Hospital of Montpellier, St-Eloi Hospital, University of Montpellier, Phymedexp, Université de Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, CHRU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France (AdJ), the Division of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Perugia, Italy (EdR), the Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (RG), the School of Medicine, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Vienna, Austria (RG).

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Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a consensus guideline from the Project for Universal Management of Airways and international airway societies.
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