Emergency intubation for acutely ill and injured patients

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Lecky, Fiona ^a   Bryden, D ^b   Little, R ^b   Tong, N ^b   Moulton, C ^b  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMA; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DATA EXTRACTION; DEFIBRILLATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FACE INJURY; FIRST AID; HEAD INJURY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; METHODOLOGY; NECK INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STAB WOUND; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; THORAX INJURY; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 44949170849     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001429.pub2     Document Type: Review

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