Complications associated with the Esophageal-Tracheal Combitude® in the pre-hospital setting

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-128

  Vézina, Marie Claude ^a   Trépanier, Claude A ^a   Nicole, Pierre C ^a   Lessard, Martin R ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TONGUE EDEMA; TRACHEA INJURY; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

EID: 33947719191     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022008     Document Type: Article

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