Appropriate documentation of confirmation of endotracheal tube position and relationship to patient outcome from in-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-36

  Phelan, Michael P ^a   Ornato, Joseph P ^b   Peberdy, Mary Ann ^b   Hustey, Fredric M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Confirmation; Documentation; Endotracheal tube placement; In hospital cardiac arrest; Patient outcome; Position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CAPNOGRAPHY; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGEAL DETECTOR DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST TREATMENT SURVIVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84871394991     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.08.329     Document Type: Article

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