Needle vs surgical cricothyroidotomy: A short cut to effective ventilation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 962-974

  Scrase, I ^a   Woollard, Malcolm ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BAROTRAUMA; BLEEDING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; NEEDLE; PNEUMOTHORAX; REVIEW; SCALPEL; SKILL; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENTILATOR;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES; NEEDLES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 33748624639     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04755.x     Document Type: Review

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