Obesity and difficult intubation: Where is the evidence? [5]

Anesthesiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 617-

  Collins, Jeremy S ^a   Lemmens, Harry J M ^b   Brodsky, Jay B ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BODY POSTURE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; OBESITY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POSTURE;

EID: 33645508525     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200603000-00036     Document Type: Letter

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