Obstructive sleep apnea is a risk factor for difficult endotracheal intubation

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-100

  Corso, R M ^a   Piraccini, E ^a   Calli, M ^a   Berger, M ^a   Gorini, M C ^a   Agnoletti, V ^a   Gambale, G ^a   Vicini, C ^a  

^a MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 79951477625     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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