Submental intubation in complex craniomaxillofacial trauma

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 379-381

  Davis, Charles ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b HUTT HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cranial trauma; Endotracheal intubation; Maxillofacial injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTUBATION; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; NOSE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBMENTAL INTUBATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542548819     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.02995.x     Document Type: Review

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