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This guideline is developed by the JSA-AMA Discussion Group: Shiroh Isono, Kazuyoshi Aoyama, Takashi Asai, Kazuhiko Fukuda, Keiji Goto, Satoshi Hagihira, Koichi Hiroki, Takao Ichikawa, Teruhiko Ishikawa, Tetsuro Kagawa, Yoshiroh Kaminoh, Shin Kawana, Takafumi Kobayashi, Kiyoyasu Kurahashi, Norifumi Kuratani, Takemaru Kuruma, Kazuhiro Mizumoto, Masashi Nakagawa, Koichi Nakazawa, Kimitoshi Nishiwaki, Atsuhiro Sakamoto, Teiji Sawa, Yoshito Shiraishi, Kazuya Sobue, Yasuyuki Suzuki, and Yutaka Usuda.

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Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists. JSA airway management guideline 2014: to improve the safety of induction of anesthesia. J Anesth 28, 482–493 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-014-1844-4

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