Sugammadex in the management of a failed intubation in a morbidly obese patient

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 763-764

  Desforges, J C W ^a   McDonnell, N J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SUGAMMADEX; GAMMA CYCLODEXTRIN DERIVATIVE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BREATHING; CAPNOGRAPHY; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; MORBID OBESITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TRACHEA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GAMMA-CYCLODEXTRINS; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LAPAROSCOPY; LARYNGOSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 80051938316     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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