Rapid-sequence intubation at an emergency medicine residency: Success rate and adverse events during a two-year period

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-37

  Tayal, Vivek S ^a   Riggs, Russell W ^b   Marx, John A ^a   Tomaszewski, Christian A ^a   Schneider, Robert E ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Longview Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Emergency; Intubation; Residency; RSI; Success rate

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 0032953817     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00091.x     Document Type: Article

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