Does pre-hospital endotracheal intubation improve survival in adults with non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? A systematic review

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 749-757

  Tiah, Ling ^a   Kajino, Kentaro ^b   Alsakaf, Omer ^c   Bautista, Dianne Carrol Tan ^d   Ong, Marcus Eng Hock ^d,e   Lie, Desiree ^d   Naroo, Ghulam Yasin ^f   Doctor, Nausheen Edwin ^e   Chia, Michael Y C ^g   Gan, Han Nee ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Technical Support Department   (United Arab Emirates)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f RASHID HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^g TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Endotracheal intubation; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Pre hospital; Supraglottic airway devices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DEVICES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLOTTIS; ODDS RATIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROCEDURES; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; ODDS RATIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84913583401     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.9.20291     Document Type: Review

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