Prehospital intubation in severe thoracic trauma without respiratory insufficiency; a matched-pair analysis based on the trauma registry of the german trauma society

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 879-886

  Ruchholtz, Steffen ^a   Waydhas, Christian ^a   Ose, Claudia ^b   Lewan, Ulrike ^a   Nast Kolb, Dieter ^a  

^a Department of Trauma Surgery ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

High injury severity; Mortality; Organ failure; Prehospital intubation; Prehospital therapy; Severe thoracic trauma; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOCK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTUBATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 0036094728     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200205000-00010     Document Type: Article

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