Low-fractional oxygen concentration continuous positive airway pressure is effective in the prehospital setting

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-221

  Bledsoe, Bryan E ^a,b,c   Anderson, Eric ^b,c   Hodnick, Ryan ^a   Johnson, Larry ^b,c   Johnson, Steven ^b,c   Dievendorf, Eric ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b MedicWest Ambulance   (United States)

^c American Medical Response   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; EMS; Noninvasive ventilation; Prehospital CPAP

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROXIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84857870926     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2011.640765     Document Type: Article

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