Orotracheal intubation difficulty with lighted stylet: Correlation of body mass index and neck circumference;Dificultad para la intubación orotraqueal con estilete luminoso: Correlación del índice de masa corporal y circunferencia cervical

Revista Espanola de Anestesiologia y Reanimacion

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 74-78

  Case Leon C K ^a,b   Hachoue Saliba, Z S ^b  

^a Hospital Dr Montezuma Ginnari   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cervical circumference; Difficult intubation; Lighted stylet; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TRANSILLUMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880431796     PISSN: 00349356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.redar.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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