The impact of obesity on the outcome of emergency intubation in trauma patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 396-400

  Sifri, Ziad C ^b   Kim, Hyonah ^a   Lavery, Rob ^a   Mohr, Alicia ^a   Livingston, David H ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Emergency intubation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67649227404     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31817f97fd     Document Type: Article

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