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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2002, Vol. 89, No. 6 936
© 2002 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

Correspondence

Quality of pre-hospital emergency ventilation in patients with severe head injury

M. J. Richards1, D. J. Lockey1 and M. Helm2

1 Bristol, UK and 2 Ulm, Germany

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Editor—We would like to comment on the article by Helm and colleagues,1 in which two specific outcomes of out-of-hospital ventilation, oxygenation and ventilation are investigated. The article concluded that tracheal intubation and controlled ventilation in the pre-hospital setting do not guarantee optimal oxygenation or ventilation. Optimal oxygenation was achieved in 85.2% of patients. In . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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