Prediction of difficult laryngoscopy in obese patients by ultrasound quantification of anterior neck soft tissue

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1111-1114

  Ezri, Tiberiu ^a   Gewurtz G ^a   Sessler, D I ^b   Medalion, B ^a   Szmuk, P ^c   Hagberg, C ^d   Susmallian, S ^a  

^a Wolfson Medical Centre   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intubation, tracheal; difficult; Obesity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT TISSUE; TRACHEA; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NECK; OBESITY, MORBID; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0242637296     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03412.x     Document Type: Article

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