Open AccessAirway Risk in Hospitalized Trauma Patients With Cervical Injuries Requiring Halo Fixation
Author(s) -
Carrie A. Sims,
David L. Berger
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200202000-00017
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , airway , retrospective cohort study , injury severity score , incidence (geometry) , trauma center , surgery , medical record , anesthesia , emergency medicine , poison control , injury prevention , physics , optics
To identify the incidence and outcomes of emergent and semiemergent intubations in hospitalized trauma patients with cervical fractures and/or dislocations treated with halo fixation.