The videolaryngoscope is less traumatic than the classic laryngoscope for a difficult airway in an obese patient

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 445-448

  Maassen, Ralph ^a,b   Lee, Ruben ^c   van Zundert, André ^a,d   Cooper, Richard ^e  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; Force measurement; General anesthesia; Intubation; Videolaryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CALIBRATION; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; SENSOR; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN; POSTURE;

EID: 69049083616     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-009-0780-1     Document Type: Article

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