Intubation of the morbidly obese patient: GlideScope® vs. Fastrach™

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 755-761

  Ydemann, M ^a   Rovsing, L ^a   Lindekaer, A L ^b   Olsen, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Hamlet Private Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRACHEA MUCOSA;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; BODY MASS INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862182980     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2012.02693.x     Document Type: Article

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