A survey of airway and ventilator management strategies in North American pediatric burn units

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 435-440

  Silver, Geoffrey M ^a,b   Freiburg, Carter ^b,c   Halerz, Marcia ^a   Tojong, Jonathan ^b   Supple, Kathy ^b   Gamelli, Richard L ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BURN; CHILD; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RATING SCALE; TRACHEOMALACIA; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR;

ADOLESCENT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; BURNS, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDEMA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; NORTH AMERICA; PEDIATRICS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STEROIDS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 4744362877     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000138294.39313.6B     Document Type: Article

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