Systematic review of the anaesthetic management of non-iatrogenic acute adult airway trauma

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 117, Issue , 2016, Pages i49-i59

  Mercer, S J ^a,b,c   Jones, C P ^a   Bridge, M ^a   Clitheroe, E ^a   Morton, B ^a,d   Groom, P ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway management; blast injuries; blunt injuries; burns; wounds, penetrating

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; BLAST INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BREATHING; BURN; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INJURIES; LARYNX; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRACHEA;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BURNS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNX; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRACHEA; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 85010304131     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew193     Document Type: Review

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