A comparison of a novel cricothyrotomy device with a standard surgical cricothyrotomy technique

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1172-1174

  Bair, Aaron E ^a   Sakles, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Cricothyroidotomy; Cricothyrotomy; Failed intubation; Surgical airway access

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; INTUBATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 0032710513     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00123.x     Document Type: Article

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