Use of an Elevation Pillow to Produce the Head-Elevated Laryngoscopy Position for Airway Management in Morbidly Obese and Large-Framed Patients [2]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 264-265

  Rich, James M ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; BODY POSITION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; OBESITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0346102646     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000077676.55641.A2     Document Type: Letter

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