A brief history of tracheostomy and tracheal intubation, from the Bronze Age to the Space Age

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-228

  Szmuk, Peter ^a,b   Ezri, Tiberiu ^b,c   Evron, Shmuel ^b,c   Roth, Yehudah ^c   Katz, Jeffrey ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OUTCOMES RESEARCH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Tracheal intubation; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRONZE AGE; CULTURAL PERIOD; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 39149123177     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0931-5     Document Type: Review

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