Elective tracheal intubation in cervical spine injuries

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 234-235

  McCrory, C ^a,b   Blunnie, W P ^a   Moriarty, D C ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Hunters Moon   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; IRELAND; LARYNGOSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICS; TRACTION THERAPY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; IRELAND; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; TRACTION;

EID: 0031243160     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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