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Securing the airway in critical care scenarios: questioning the fundamentals

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Waterford, Waterford, Ireland

    Pradipta Bhakta & Sarah Walsh

  2. Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, India

    Habib Md Reazaul Karim

  3. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore, Tullamore, Ireland

    Mohan Mugawar

  4. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

    Brian O’Brien

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PB: was involved in the analysis of the article, writing, and editing the letter. SW: was involved in the analysis of the article, writing, and editing the letter. HMRK: was involved in the analysis of the article, writing, and editing the letter. MM: was involved in the analysis of the article, writing, and editing the letter. BO: was involved in the analysis of the article, writing, and editing the letter.

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Bhakta, P., Walsh, S., Karim, H.M.R. et al. Securing the airway in critical care scenarios: questioning the fundamentals. Intensive Care Med 47, 1501–1502 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-021-06547-3

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