Maxillofacial trauma in the emergency department: Pearls and pitfalls in airway management

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1346-1358

  Coppola, S ^a   Froio, S ^a   Merli, G ^b   Chiumello, D ^a,c  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway management; Airway obstruction; Emergency service; Hospital; Injuries; Maxillofacial injuries; Spine

Indexed keywords

ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BLEEDING; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE FRACTURE; FACIAL BLEEDING; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL INTUBATION TECHNIQUE; VOMITING; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES;

EID: 84950313139     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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