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Research Article

Emergency Airway Management in Trauma Patients Using Laryngeal Tube Suction

Richard Schalk From the Clinic of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, and Pain Therapy (RS, DM, KZ, CB), and the Department of Trauma Surgery (MR, FW), J.W. Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; the Municipality of Frankfurt, Fire Department (DO), Frankfurt, Germany; and the Municipality of Frankfurt, Public Health Department (LL), Frankfurt, Germany. Revision received October 7, 2010; accepted for publication October 28, 2010.
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Dirk Meininger From the Clinic of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, and Pain Therapy (RS, DM, KZ, CB), and the Department of Trauma Surgery (MR, FW), J.W. Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; the Municipality of Frankfurt, Fire Department (DO), Frankfurt, Germany; and the Municipality of Frankfurt, Public Health Department (LL), Frankfurt, Germany. Revision received October 7, 2010; accepted for publication October 28, 2010.
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Miriam Ruesseler From the Clinic of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, and Pain Therapy (RS, DM, KZ, CB), and the Department of Trauma Surgery (MR, FW), J.W. Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; the Municipality of Frankfurt, Fire Department (DO), Frankfurt, Germany; and the Municipality of Frankfurt, Public Health Department (LL), Frankfurt, Germany. Revision received October 7, 2010; accepted for publication October 28, 2010.
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Dieter Oberndörfer From the Clinic of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, and Pain Therapy (RS, DM, KZ, CB), and the Department of Trauma Surgery (MR, FW), J.W. Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; the Municipality of Frankfurt, Fire Department (DO), Frankfurt, Germany; and the Municipality of Frankfurt, Public Health Department (LL), Frankfurt, Germany. Revision received October 7, 2010; accepted for publication October 28, 2010.
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Felix Walcher From the Clinic of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, and Pain Therapy (RS, DM, KZ, CB), and the Department of Trauma Surgery (MR, FW), J.W. Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; the Municipality of Frankfurt, Fire Department (DO), Frankfurt, Germany; and the Municipality of Frankfurt, Public Health Department (LL), Frankfurt, Germany. Revision received October 7, 2010; accepted for publication October 28, 2010.
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Kai Zacharowski From the Clinic of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, and Pain Therapy (RS, DM, KZ, CB), and the Department of Trauma Surgery (MR, FW), J.W. Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; the Municipality of Frankfurt, Fire Department (DO), Frankfurt, Germany; and the Municipality of Frankfurt, Public Health Department (LL), Frankfurt, Germany. Revision received October 7, 2010; accepted for publication October 28, 2010.
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Leo Latasch From the Clinic of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, and Pain Therapy (RS, DM, KZ, CB), and the Department of Trauma Surgery (MR, FW), J.W. Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; the Municipality of Frankfurt, Fire Department (DO), Frankfurt, Germany; and the Municipality of Frankfurt, Public Health Department (LL), Frankfurt, Germany. Revision received October 7, 2010; accepted for publication October 28, 2010.
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Christian Byhahn From the Clinic of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, and Pain Therapy (RS, DM, KZ, CB), and the Department of Trauma Surgery (MR, FW), J.W. Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; the Municipality of Frankfurt, Fire Department (DO), Frankfurt, Germany; and the Municipality of Frankfurt, Public Health Department (LL), Frankfurt, Germany. Revision received October 7, 2010; accepted for publication October 28, 2010.Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 347-350 | Published online: 26 Apr 2011

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