Experience in prehospital endotracheal intubation significantly influences mortality of patients with severe traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Bossers, Sebastiaan M ^a   Schwarte, Lothar A ^a   Loer, Stephan A ^a   Twisk, Jos W R ^a   Boer, Christa ^a   Schober, Patrick ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHICS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; MANPOWER; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; ODDS RATIO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84949817691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141034     Document Type: Article

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