Management of the difficult airway in the trauma patient

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-61

  Walls, R M ^a  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031888281     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70348-5     Document Type: Article

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