The association between obesity and difficult prehospital tracheal intubation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1132-1138

  Holmberg, Timothy J ^a,d   Bowman, Stephen M ^b   Warner, Keir J ^c   Vavilala, Monica S ^a   Bulger, Eileen M ^c   Copass, Michael K ^a   Sharar, Sam R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 79955463115     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31820effcc     Document Type: Article

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