Evidence of pulmonary aspiration during difficult airway management of a morbidly obese patient with the LMA CTrach™

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-277

  Abdi, W ^b   Ndoko, S ^b   Amathieu, R ^b   Dhonneur, G ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Airway, complications; Complications, aspiration; Complications, obesity

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CIMETIDINE; HYDROXYZINE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CAPNOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OPERATING ROOM; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; REOXYGENATION; STOMACH CONTENT; SUCTION; TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ACID ASPIRATION; GASTROPLASTY; LARYNGEAL MASK; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION;

EID: 38949158487     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem367     Document Type: Article

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