Should invasive airway management be done in the field?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1171-1173

  Davis, Daniel P ^a,b  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; INJURY SCALE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LUNG VENTILATION; MICROCLIMATE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESUSCITATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 42549098592     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.080234     Document Type: Note

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