Laryngoscopy and morbid obesity: A comparison of the "sniff" and "ramped" positions

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1171-1175

  Collins, Jeremy S ^a   Lemmens, Harry J M ^a   Brodsky, Jay B ^a   Brock Utne, John G ^a   Levitan, Richard M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Anesthesia; Endotracheal intubation; Laryngoscopy; Morbid obesity; Patient positioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TECHNIQUE; VIDEORECORDING; VIDEOTAPE;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 7644233191     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892042386869     Document Type: Article

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