When pressure is positive: A literature review of the prehospital use of continuous positive airway pressure

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-60

  Williams, Brett ^a   Boyle, Malcolm ^a   Robertson, Nicole ^a   Giddings, Coco ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

acute pulmonary edema; CPAP; emergency care; paramedic; prehospital

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; STATISTICS;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 84873608223     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12001562     Document Type: Conference Paper

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