Emergency airway management

Respiratory Care

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1026-1035

  Gudzenko, Vadym ^a   Bittner, Edward A ^a   Schmidt, Ulrich H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Hypoxemia; ICU; Intensive care unit; Intubation; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; ILLUSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN MASK; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STAFF TRAINING; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VIVID DREAM; ALGORITHM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETOMIDATE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; KETAMINE; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPY; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PROPOFOL; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 77956641274     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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