Caring for the patients with cervical spine injuries: What have we learned?

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 640-649

  Ghafoor, Abid U ^a   Martin, Timothy W ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Senthil ^a   Viswamitra, Sanjaya ^b  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Cervical spine injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ANESTHESIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INPATIENTS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 30944454850     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2005.04.003     Document Type: Review

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