The effect of sonologist experience on the ability to determine endotracheal tube location using transtracheal ultrasound

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-269

  Stuntz, Robert ^a   Kochert, Erik ^a   Kehrl, Thompson ^a   Schrading, Walter ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SONOLOGIST; TRANSTRACHEAL ECHOGRAPHY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LEARNING CURVE; PHYSICIANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRACHEA;

EID: 84896708564     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.11.032     Document Type: Article

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