Can an airway assessment score predict intubation success in the emergency department? [8]

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-96

  Reed, Matthew J ^a   Dunn, Mark J G ^a   McKeown, Dermot W ^b  

^a Emergency Department

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 13544270038     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00684.x     Document Type: Letter

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