Scandinavian SSAI clinical practice guideline on pre-hospital airway management

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 852-864

  Rehn, M ^a,b,c   Hyldmo, P K ^a,d   Magnusson, V ^e   Kurola, J ^f   Kongstad, P ^g   Rognas L ^h,i   Juvet, L K ^j,k   Sandberg, M ^l,m  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^d Sørlandet Hospital   (Norway)

^e LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g Region of Skåne ^*  (Sweden)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ Danish Air Ambulance   (Denmark)

^j NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^l OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; TRACHEOTOMY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84978776471     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12746     Document Type: Review

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