Open AccessUnanticipated Difficult Airway Management in the Prehospital Emergency Setting
Author(s) -
X. Combes,
P. Jabre,
A. Margenet,
Jean Claude Merle,
B. Leroux,
M. Dru,
Éric Lecarpentier,
Gilles Dhonneur
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
anesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.874
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1528-1175
pISSN - 0003-3022
DOI - 10.1097/aln.0b013e318201c42e
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , airway management , airway , tracheal intubation , airway obstruction , anesthesia , surgery
Difficult intubation management algorithms have proven efficacy in operating rooms but have rarely been assessed in a prehospital emergency setting. We undertook a prospective evaluation of a simple prehospital difficult intubation algorithm.
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