Cuffed endotracheal tube use in paediatric prehospital intubation: Challenging the doctrine?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-58

  Clements, Rachel S ^a,e   Steel, A G ^b   Bates, A T ^c   Mackenzie, R ^d  

^a BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d New South Wales Newborn and Pediatric Emergency Transport Service   (Australia)

^e MAGPAS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CAPNOGRAPHY; CHILD CARE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33846185962     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.037317     Document Type: Article

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