The effect of body mass index on intubation success rates and complications during emergency airway management

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-82

  Dargin, James M ^a   Emlet, Lillian L ^b   Guyette, Frank X ^b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Body mass index; Emergency; Endotracheal; Intubation; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873134850     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-012-0874-x     Document Type: Article

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