Is Faculty Presence during Emergent Tracheal Intubations Justified?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 217-218

  Mhyre, Jill M ^a   Martin, Lizabeth D ^b   Ramachandran, Satya Krishna ^b   Kheterpal, Sachin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FACE MASK; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RESIDENT; TOOTH INJURY;

EID: 67650075319     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000350328.30919.7a     Document Type: Letter

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