Off-label utilization of a rigid cervical collar during noninvasive positive pressure ventilation of a patient affected by severe kyphoscoliosis

Eur J Emerg Med. 2008 Jun;15(3):184-5. doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3282f08d4e.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Blood Gas Analysis
  • Dyspnea / therapy*
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kyphosis / complications*
  • Orthopedic Fixation Devices*
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration / methods*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy*