Parker Flex-Tip or standard tracheal tube for percutaneous emergency airway access?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-170

  Baker, Paul A ^a,b   Fernandez, T M A ^c   Hamaekers, A E ^d   Thompson, J M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; BOUGIE; CADAVER; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS EMERGENCY AIRWAY ACCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALPEL; SKIN; TIME; TRACHEA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CADAVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MALE; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 84872106564     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12042     Document Type: Review

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