Prehospital tracheal intubation in severe traumatic brain injury. Comment on Br J Anaesth 129: 977-84.

Br J Anaesth

Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Lifeliner 1, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Published: March 2023

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