Surgicric 2: A comparative bench study with two established emergency cricothyroidotomy techniques in a porcine model

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 236-242

  Chrisman, L ^a   King, W ^a   Wimble, K ^a   Cartwright, S ^b   Mohammed, K B ^c   Patel, B ^a  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BASINGSTOKE AND NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway management; intubation, intratracheal; trachea, tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANNULA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORCINE MODEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEOTOMY; ANESTHESIOLOGIST; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANIMAL; CRICOID CARTILAGE; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INJURIES; LARYNX; OPERATION DURATION; PIG; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGISTS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNX; MODELS, ANIMAL; OPERATIVE TIME; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SWINE; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA;

EID: 84992396688     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew174     Document Type: Article

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