The Utility of the C-MAC as a Direct Laryngoscope for Intubation in the Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 349-357

  Sakles, John C ^a   Mosier, Jarrod M ^a   Patanwala, Asad E ^b   Arcaris, Brittany ^a   Dicken, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

C MAC; direct laryngoscopy; EM resident intubations

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; ROCURONIUM; SEDATIVE AGENT; SUXAMETHONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITOR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RIGID LARYNGOSCOPE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HYPOXIA; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84979680178     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2016.05.039     Document Type: Article

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