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ArticleNeurocritical care2017

Emergency Neurological Life Support: Airway, Ventilation, and Sedation.

Venkatakrishna Rajajee, Becky Riggs, David B Seder

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Article in Neurocritical care, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Venkatakrishna RajajeeDepartments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. vrajajee@yahoo.com.
Becky RiggsDepartment of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
David B SederDepartment of Critical Care Services, Maine Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Airway management and ventilation are central to the resuscitation of the neurologically ill. These patients often have evolving processes that threaten the airway and adequate ventilation. Furthermore, intubation, ventilation, and sedative choices directly affect brain perfusion. Therefore, Airway, Ventilation, and Sedation was chosen as an Emergency Neurological Life Support protocol. Topics include airway management, when and how to intubate with special attention to hemodynamics and preservation of cerebral blood flow, mechanical ventilation settings and the use of sedative agents based on the patient's neurological status.

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Clinical ProtocolsPractice Guidelines as TopicAirway ManagementAnalgesiaAnesthesiaCritical CareEmergency Medical ServicesHumansLife Support CareNeurologyRespiration, ArtificialAirwayEmergencyNeurocritical careSedationVentilation

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