An evaluation of the rapid airway management positioner in obese patients undergoing gastric bypass or laparoscopic gastric banding surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1436-1441

  Cattano, Davide ^a   Melnikov, Vladimir ^a   Khalil, Yameen ^a   Sridhar, Srikanth ^a   Hagberg, Carin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Anesthesia; HELP; Intubation; Laryngoscopy; Morbid obesity; Positioning; RAMP; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID AIRWAY MANAGEMENT POSITIONER; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956947486     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-009-9885-8     Document Type: Article

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