Laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation in the head-elevated position in obese patients: A randomized, controlled, equivalence trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1912-1918

  Rao, Srikantha L ^a,b   Kunselman, Allen R ^a   Schuler, H Gregg ^a   Desharnais, Susan ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASK; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STERNUM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; BODY POSTURE; HEAD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58149291641     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31818556ed     Document Type: Article

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