The emergent surgical airway: Cricothyrotomy vs tracheotomy

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 204-208

  Dillon, J K ^a,b   Christensen, B ^a   Fairbanks, T ^a,b   Jurkovich, G ^c   Moe, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

cricothyrotomy; emergency surgical airway; tracheotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; EDEMA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK INJURY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; COHORT STUDIES; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEOTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872898800     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: 13990020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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