Bedside ultrasound of the neck confirms endotracheal tube position in emergency intubations

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 451-458

  Hoffmann, B ^a   Gullett, J P ^b   Hill, H F ^c   Fuller, D ^d   Westergaard, M C ^e   Hosek, W T ^f   Smith, J A ^g  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Emergency Medicine Associates   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Onslow Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^g MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emergency ultrasound; esophageal intubation; larynx; throat; ultrasound guided procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRACHEA; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TRACHEA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939892108     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1366014     Document Type: Article

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