Evolving Tracheal Intubation Practice Patterns in the Pandemic Era

Affiliations

¹ Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
² Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. Electronic address: kgibbs@wakehealth.edu.

Editorial

Nathan M Meier et al. Chest. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;160(6):1993-1994.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.07.002.

¹ Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
² Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. Electronic address: kgibbs@wakehealth.edu.

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Practice, Outcomes, and Complications of Emergent Endotracheal Intubation by Critical Care Practitioners During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Nauka PC, Chen JT, Shiloh AL, Eisen LA, Fein DG. Nauka PC, et al. Chest. 2021 Dec;160(6):2112-2122. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.06.008. Epub 2021 Jun 15. Chest. 2021. PMID: 34139207 Free PMC article.

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