A Multicenter, Randomized Trial of Ramped Position vs Sniffing Position During Endotracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults

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Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 712-722

  Semler, Matthew W ^a   Janz, David R ^b   Russell, Derek W ^c   Casey, Jonathan D ^a   Lentz, Robert J ^a   Zouk, Aline N ^c   deBoisblanc, Bennett P ^b   Santanilla, Jairo I ^b,d   Khan, Yasin A ^b   Joffe, Aaron M ^e   Stigler, William S ^c   Rice, Todd W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

endotracheal intubation; hypoxemia; randomized trial

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMPED POSITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SNIFFING POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FOLLOW UP; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85030691735     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.03.061     Document Type: Article

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