Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia in elderly patients in the emergency department

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 881-885

  Theodosiou, Catherine A ^a   Loeffler, Ruth E ^a   Oglesby, Angela J ^a   McKeown, Dermot W ^a   Ray, David C ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Anaesthesia; Emergency treatment; Outcome; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD INJURY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 79957851642     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.02.025     Document Type: Article

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