Tracheal intubation in the emergency department: The Scottish district hospital perspective

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 394-397

  Stevenson, A G M ^a   Graham, C A ^b   Hall, R ^a   Korsah, P ^a   McGuffie, A C ^a  

^a CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; KETAMINE; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DRUG PREFERENCE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG ASPIRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249856542     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.041988     Document Type: Article

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