Management of the airway in multitrauma

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 276-282

  Dupanovic, Mirsad ^a   Fox, Heather ^a   Kovac, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Endotracheal intubation; Multitrauma; Surgical airway; Videolaryngoscopes

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; CERVICAL SPINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LUNG ASPIRATION; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NECK INJURY; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SPINE MOBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; VIDEORECORDING;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESUSCITATION; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 77952178906     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283360b4f     Document Type: Review

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