Development of a tracheostomy scoring system to guide airway management after major head and neck surgery

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 846-849

  Cameron, M ^a   Corner, A ^a   Diba, A ^a   Hankins, M ^b  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway management; complications; head and neck surgery; positive pressure ventilation; scoring system; tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 67650092936     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.03.713     Document Type: Article

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