Meanings
adverbprehospitally (not comparable)
- not comparableBefore a patient's admission to hospital.
Traditionally, early endotracheal intubation–as the gold standard of airway management–has been advocated for TBI patients with a GCS score ≤ 8, but this dogma is currently being challenged by publications that suggest higher mortality in patients who are prehospitally intubated.
2015 October 24, “Experience in Prehospital Endotracheal Intubation Significantly Influences Mortality of Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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