Comparison of conventional surgical versus Seldinger technique emergency cricothyrotomy performed by inexperienced clinicians

Anesthesiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 687-690

  Eisenburger, Philip ^d   Laczika, Klaus ^d   List, Michaela ^a   Wilfing, Astrid ^d   Losert, Heidrun ^d   Hofbauer, Roland ^d   Burgmann, Heinz ^d   Bankl, Hans ^d   Pikula, Branko ^d   Benumof, Jonathan L ^b   Frass, Michael ^c  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Airway; Cricothyroid membrane; Endotracheal intubation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPETENCE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMORAL ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 0034092832     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200003000-00012     Document Type: Article

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