A preliminary study of the optimal anesthesia positioning for the morbidly obese patient

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-9

  Boyce, James Ronald ^a   Ness, Timothy ^a   Castroman, Pablo ^a,c   Gleysteen, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; General anesthesia; Induction; Morbid obesity; Positioning; Safe apnea period

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG VENTILATION; MORBID OBESITY; PARALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANOXEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTURE;

EID: 0037330446     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203321136511     Document Type: Article

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