Cervical spine clearance and neck extension during percutaneous tracheostomy in trauma patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3436-3440

  Mayberry, John C ^a,b   Wu, Isaac C ^a   Goldman, Robert K ^a   Chesnut, Randall M ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine injury; Head injury; Percutaneous tracheostomy; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033790535     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200010000-00011     Document Type: Article

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