The nasopharyngeal airway: Dispelling myths and establishing the facts

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 394-396

  Roberts, Keith ^a   Whalley, H ^b   Bleetman, A ^b  

^a MANOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AIRWAY; BODY HEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NASOPHARYNX; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; STAFF TRAINING;

AMBULATORY CARE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY;

EID: 20344393149     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.021402     Document Type: Review

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