Airway management in pediatric epiglottitis: A national perspective

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 548-551

  Acevedo, Jason L ^a   Lander, Lina ^b   Choi, Sukgi ^c   Shah, Rahul K ^c  

^a Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CODING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICIAN; TRACHEOTOMY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEOTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62849096841     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.12.037     Document Type: Article

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