Prediction of difficult laryngoscopy: Does obesity play a role?

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 799-804

  Hekiert, Adrianna M ^a   Mick, Rosemarie ^a   Mirza, Natasha ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Difficult laryngeal exposure; Obesity; Predictor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 36448969357     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711601102     Document Type: Article

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