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The Importance of First Pass Success When Performing Orotracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department

  1. John C. Sakles MD1,*,
  2. Stephen Chiu MD2,
  3. Jarrod Mosier MD1,
  4. Corrine Walker MD1,
  5. Uwe Stolz PhD, MPH1

Article first published online: 13 JAN 2013

DOI: 10.1111/acem.12055

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Academic Emergency Medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volume 20, Issue 1, pages 71–78, January 2013

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Sakles, J. C., Chiu, S., Mosier, J., Walker, C., Stolz, U. (2013), The Importance of First Pass Success When Performing Orotracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department. Academic Emergency Medicine, 20: 71–78. doi: 10.1111/acem.12055

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona (JCS, JM, CW, US), Tucson, AZ

  2. 2

    University of Arizona College of Medicine (SC), Tucson, AZ

*Address for correspondence and reprints: John C. Sakles, MD; e-mail: sakles@aemrc.arizona.edu.

  1. The authors have no relevant financial information or potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 13 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 13 JAN 2013
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 30 JUL 2012
  4. Manuscript Revised: 25 JUL 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 16 MAY 2012

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