The C-MAC videolaryngoscope compared with conventional laryngoscopy for rapid sequence intubation at the emergency department: Study protocol

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sulser, Simon ^a   Ubmann, Dirk ^a   Brueesch, Martin ^a   Goliasch, Georg ^b   Seifert, Burkhardt ^c   Spahn, Donat R ^a   Ruetzler, Kurt ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d OUTCOMES RESEARCH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency airway management; Rapid sequence induction; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928251708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-015-0119-x     Document Type: Article

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