The clinical management of airway obstruction

Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 102-112

  Flavell, E M ^a   Stacey, M R ^a   Hall, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Emergency management

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HALOTHANE; HELIOX; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; STEROID; THIOPENTAL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROUP; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIGLOTTITIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; JET VENTILATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 67349121344     PISSN: 09537112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cacc.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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