Prehospital cricothyrotomy: a case report;Cricothyrotomie préhospitalière : à propos d'un cas

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-173

  Battefort, F ^a   Bounes, V ^a   Pulcini, M ^b   Houze Cerfon, C H ^a   Ducasse J L ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b DELAFONTAINE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Abscess; Cricothyrotomy; Epiglottis; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIGLOTTIS; FATALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; SEPSIS; TONSILLITIS; TRACHEOTOMY;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPIGLOTTITIS; EPINEPHRINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SHOCK, SEPTIC; THYROID CARTILAGE; TONSILLITIS; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 33846915700     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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