Locating the cricothyroid membrane in learning phase: Value of ultrasonography?;Repérage de la membrane cricothyroïdienne en phase d'apprentissage: Valeur ajoutée de l'échographie?

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 163-166

  Barbe, N ^a   Martin, P ^a   Pascal, J ^a   Heras, C ^a   Rouffiange, P ^a   Molliex, S ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Cricothyroid membrane; Difficult mask ventilation; Difficult tracheal intubation; Emergency cricothyroidotomy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CRICOTHYROID MEMBRANE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBESITY; PALPATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RESIDENT; TRACHEA; VOLUNTEER; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRICOID; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; THYROID CARTILAGE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84897958705     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: 17696623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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