Tips for intubation with the Pentax-AWS® Rigid Indirect Laryngoscope in morbidly obese patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 442-444

  Suzuki, A ^a   Terao, M ^a   Fujita, S ^a   Henderson, J J ^b  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CAMERA; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LETTER; MORBID OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCORING SYSTEM; SNIFFING; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; VIDEORECORDING;

HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 40549091376     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05509.x     Document Type: Letter

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