Intraosseous vascular access for in-hospital emergency use: A systematic clinical review of the literature and analysis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-199

  Voigt, Jeffrey ^a   Waltzman, Mark ^a   Lottenberg, Lawrence ^a  

^a Medical Device Consultants of Ridgewood   (United States)

Author keywords

intraosseous access; resuscitation; systematic review

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EXTRAVASATION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAOSSEOUS VASCULAR ACCESS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR ACCESS;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; INFUSIONS, INTRAOSSEOUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIBIA;

EID: 84857178629     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182449edc     Document Type: Review

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