Unanticipated difficult airway management in the prehospital emergency setting: Prospective validation of an algorithm

Anesthesiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-110

  Combes, Xavier ^a   Jabre, Patricia ^b,c   Margenet, Alain ^a   Merle, Jean Claude ^a   Leroux, Bertrand ^a   Dru, Michel ^a   Lecarpentier, Eric ^d   Dhonneur, Gilles ^e  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d CHU H Mondor (AP HP)   (France)

^e HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BOUGIE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GUM ELASTIC BOUGIE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE ANESTHETIST; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 78650699086     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318201c42e     Document Type: Article

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