Trauma airway experience by emergency physicians

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-212

  Wong, Evelyn ^a   Fong, Yuke Tien ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Endotracheal intubation; Injury severity score; Singapore; Trauma; Trauma score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1542464888     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200309000-00010     Document Type: Article

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