Incidence of Transient Hypoxia and Pulse Rate Reactivity during Paramedic Rapid Sequence Intubation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 721-728

  Dunford, James V ^a,d   Davis, Daniel P ^a   Ochs, Mel ^b   Doney, Michael ^a   Hoyt, David B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b San Diego County Division of Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CAPNOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; REDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344861811     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00660-7     Document Type: Article

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