Prehospital intubation for patients with severe head injury: More is not necessarily better

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-168

  Topping, Claude ^a   Ducharme, James ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 33749358053     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1481803500013592     Document Type: Short Survey

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