Ultrasonography for clinical decision-making and intervention in airway management: From the mouth to the lungs and pleurae

Insights into Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 253-279

  Kristensen, Michael S ^a   Teoh, Wendy H ^b   Graumann, Ole ^c   Laursen, Christian B ^d  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airway management; Intratracheal; Intubation; Pneumothorax; Tracheostomy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899626113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18694101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13244-014-0309-5     Document Type: Review

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