title: Airway research: the current status and future directions.
abstract: We highlight the areas we think important for future development of the subspeciality. The ultimate goal is to improve patient care and safety and to do this, we need to identify how and where episodes of harm arise. Simply continuing with current practice does not represent the best path towards our ultimate goal; objective evidence is needed to inform changes in practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology (B1), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. shirohisono@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isono
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Greif
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Mort
mesh_terms: D058109:Airway Management / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D000758:Anesthesia; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D012106:Research