Cuffed oropharyngeal airway (COPA) placement is delayed by wearing antichemical protective gear

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 847-850

  Ben Abraham, R ^a   Flaishon, R ^a   Sotman, A ^a   Ezri, T ^a   Weissenberg, M ^a   Weinbroum, A A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CAPNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CUFFED OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LARYNX SPASM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; RETCHING; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57149102921     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.059683     Document Type: Article

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