Cervical spine injury and airway management

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 193-201

  Ford, Peter ^a   Nolan, Jerry ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036110489     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200204000-00009     Document Type: Review

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