The impact of prehospital endotracheal intubation on outcome in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 933-939

  Davis, Daniel P ^a,h   Peay, Jeremy ^b   Sise, Michael J ⁱ   Vilke, Gary M ^a,e   Kennedy, Frank ^f   Eastman, A Brent ^d   Velky, Thomas ^g   Hoyt, David B ^c  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^f SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Palomar Medical Center   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Mortality; Outcome; Prehospital intubation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN INJURY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INJURY SCALE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAIN INJURIES; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 20144384419     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000162731.53812.58     Document Type: Article

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