Factors associated with difficult intubation in prehospital emergency medicine

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 304-308

  Freund, Yonathan ^a   Duchateau, Francois Xavier ^a   Devaud, Marie Laure ^a   Ricard Hibon, Agnès ^a   Juvin, Philippe ^a   Mantz, Jean ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

airways; difficult intubation; emergency; prehospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC SUCTION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865747399     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32834d3e4f     Document Type: Article

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