Prevalence of difficult intubation in a bariatric population, using the beach chair position

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1339-1342

  Fox, W T A ^a   Harris, S ^a   Kennedy, N J ^a  

^a MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CORMACK AND LEHANE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT POSITIONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; BODY POSTURE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 58149218563     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05639.x     Document Type: Article

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