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Computer tomographic assessment of gastric volume in major trauma patients: impact of pre-hospital airway management on gastric air

BACKGROUND: Gastric dilation is frequently observed in trauma patients. However, little is known about average gastric volumes comprising food, fluids and air. Although literature suggests a relevant risk of gastric insufflation when endotracheal intubation (ETI) is required in the pre-hospital sett...

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Autores principales: Mitteregger, Thomas, Schwaiger, Philipp, Kreutziger, Janett, Schöchl, Herbert, Oberladstätter, Daniel, Trimmel, Helmut, Voelckel, Wolfgang G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7386834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32723391
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-020-00769-y