Direct ultrasound methods: A confirmatory technique for proper endotracheal intubation in the emergency department

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 10-16

  Abbasi, Saeed ^a   Farsi, Davood ^a   Zare, Mohammad A ^a   Hajimohammadi, Majid ^b   Rezai, Mahdi ^a   Hafezimoghadam, Peyman ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

endotracheal tube; intubation; sensitivity; specificity; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPNOMETRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESIDENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84920264826     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000108     Document Type: Article

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