Intubation after cervical spinal cord injury: To be done selectively or routinely?

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 891-894

  Velmahos, George C ^a,b   Toutouzas, Konstantinos ^a   Chan, Linda ^b   Tillou, Areti ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a   Murray, James ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242380275     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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