2-point ultrasonography to confirm correct position of the gastric tube in prehospital setting

Military Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 959-963

  Brun, Pierre Marie ^a   Chenaitia, Hichem ^b   Lablanche, Christophe ^a   Pradel, Anne Lise ^b   Deniel, Cécile ^b   Bessereau, Jacques ^b   Melaine, Régis ^b  

^a HIA Desgenettes   (France)

^b Pre hospital Emergency Medical Services of Marine Fire Battalion   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEVICES; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84928496647     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00044     Document Type: Article

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