Esophageal intubation with indirect clinical tests during emergency tracheal intubation: A report on patient morbidity

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-262

  Mort, Thomas C ^a,b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Complications; Emergency; Esophageal intubation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ASPIRATION; BRADYCARDIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATING ROOM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444414506     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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