Advanced life support for out-of-hospital respiratory distress

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2156-2164

  Stiell, Ian G ^a   Spaite, Daniel W ^b   Field, Brian ^h   Nesbitt, Lisa P ^a   Munkley, Doug ^e   Maloney, Justin ^a   Dreyer, Jon ^f   Toohey, Lorraine Luinstra ^e   Campeau, Tony ^d   Dagnone, Eugene ^c   Lyver, Marion ^g   Wells, George A ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^e Niagara Regional Base Hospital Program   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital Burlington   (Canada)

^h Interdev Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEBULIZATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG THERAPY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249683174     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa060334     Document Type: Article

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