Rapid sequence intubation: What does it mean? Does it really matter?

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-154

  Tobias, Joseph D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ASPIRATION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRICOID PRESSURE; CYANOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LIQUID ASPIRATION; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; STOMACH EMPTYING; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84899766639     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.130672     Document Type: Editorial

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