Bringing the larynx into view: A piece of the puzzle

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 338-341

  Murphy, Michael F ^a,b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lincoln Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GLOTTIS; LARYNX; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037372250     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.70     Document Type: Editorial

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