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Endotracheal intubation to reduce aspiration events in acutely comatose patients: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: It is customary to believe that a patient with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score less than or equal to 8 should be intubated to avoid aspiration. We conducted a systematic review to establish if patients with GCS ≤ 8 for trauma or non-traumatic emergencies and treated in the acute care se...

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Autores principales: Orso, Daniele, Vetrugno, Luigi, Federici, Nicola, D’Andrea, Natascia, Bove, Tiziana
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/PMC7726605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33303004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-020-00814-w