High body mass index is a weak predictor for difficult and failed tracheal intubation: A cohort study of 91,332 consecutive patients scheduled for direct laryngoscopy registered in the danish anesthesia database

Anesthesiology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-274

  Lundstrøm, Lars H ^a   Møller, Ann M ^a   Rosenstock, Charlotte ^b   Astrup, Grethe ^c   Wetterslev, Jørn ^d  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 61549133212     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318194cac8     Document Type: Article

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