Airway management in pediatric patients at referring hospitals compared to a receiving tertiary pediatric ICU

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 386-390

  Nishisaki, Akira ^a   Marwaha, Nitin ^a   Kasinathan, Vasantha ^a   Brust, Peter ^a   Brown, Calvin A ^b   Berg, Robert A ^a   Walls, Ron M ^b   Tsarouhas, Nicholas ^a   Nadkarni, Vinay M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Children; Cuff; Emergency department; Intubation; Tracheal intubation; Transport

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; STROKE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952626138     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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