Comparison of Macintosh and Airtraq TM laryngoscopes in obese patients placed in the ramped position

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 980-985

  Ranieri Jr , D ^a   Filho, S M ^a   Batista, S ^a   Do Nascimento Jr , P ^b  

^a Hospital do Coração de Balneário Camboriú   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NECK; OBESITY; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; POSTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 84864699916     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07200.x     Document Type: Article

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