Guidelines for Emergency Tracheal Intubation Immediately after Traumatic Injury
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical CarePublished 1 July 2003
C. Michael Dunham, Robert D. Barraco, David E. Clark, Brian J. Daley, Frank E. Davis, Michael Gibbs
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It is clear that trauma patients with acute respiratory system insufficiency commonly have critical injuries, may need tracheal intubation, and develop adverse clinical outcomes, however, there is substantial variation in injury severity, mortality rates, and frequency ofintubation.
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Dunham, Michael C. MD; Barraco, Robert D. MD; Clark, David E. MD; Daley, Brian J. MD; Davis, Frank E. III MD; Gibbs, Michael A. MD; Knuth, Thomas MD; Letarte, Peter B. MD; Luchette, Fred A. MD; Omert, Laurel MD; Weireter, Leonard J. MD; Wiles, Charles E. III MD for the EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group Author Information
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86 Citations1981R. V. Jeffreys, Jordan Jones
Hospital case-notes of all head injury deaths should be assessed by a panel of senior consultants; all patients unconscious for 4 h in primary surgical wards in general hospitals should be transferred to the regional department of neurosciences; and fewer patients with minor head injuries should be admitted for observation.
Annals of Emergency MedicineOral intubation in the multiply injured patient: The risk of exacerbating spinal cord damage
85 Citations1990Kenneth J. Rhee, William Green +2 more
A retrospective study of the 18-month experience of an emergency department in which oral intubation was the usual method of airway control for victims of blunt trauma, finding no statistically significant difference in the type of definitive airway maneuver used between patients with cervical injuries and patients without such injuries.
PubMedOutcome of isolated pulmonary contusion in blunt trauma patients.
84 Citations1994Steven J. Hoff, Steve D. Shotts +2 more
The conclusion was that isolated pulmonary contusion in young, healthy patients is not associated with mortality and was an independent predictor of poor outcome in a multivariate analysis.
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