Effects of cervical spine immobilization technique and laryngoscope blade selection on an unstable cervical spine in a cadaver model of intubation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 293-300

  Gerling, Michael C ^a   Davis, Daniel P ^b   Hamilton, Robert S ^b   Morris, Gabrielle F ^c   Vilke, Gary M ^b   Garfin, Steven R ^d   Hayden, Stephen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Orthopedics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOTOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0033778511     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2000.109442     Document Type: Article

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