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Which airway devices should be on difficult intubation trolleys in resource-constrained settings?

R E Hodgson
Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia | Vol 17, No 1 | a533 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22201173.2011.10872745 | © 2011 R E Hodgson | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 03 November 2025 | Published: 01 January 2011

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R E Hodgson,, South Africa

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Abstract

Airway management publications tend to prevail in Europe and the USA predominantly, with an emphasis on technology that may be unaffordable in countries where resources are far more constrained. However, difficult airways present just as often or even more frequently in South Africa due to a large burden of trauma, late-presenting infectious diseases and cancer.

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airway devices; diffcult intubation

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