The relationship between out-of-hospital airway management and outcome among trauma patients with glasgow coma scale scores of 8 or less

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-192

  Davis, Daniel P ^a   Koprowicz, Kent M ^b,c   Newgard, Craig D ^d   Daya, Mohamud ^d   Bulger, Eileen M ^e   Stiell, Ian ^f   Nichol, Graham ^b   Stephens, Shannon ^g   Dreyer, Jonathan ^h   Minei, Joseph ⁱ   Kerby, Jeffrey D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Axio Research Corporation   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g Kentucky   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

airway management; Glasgow Coma Scale score; major trauma victim; mortality; outcomes; paramedic; prehospital intubation; traumatic brain injury; ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; BRAIN INJURIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952272516     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.545473     Document Type: Article

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