Significantly reduced hypoxemic events in morbidly obese patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy: Predictors and practice effect

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-77

  Goudra, Basavana Gouda ^a   Singh, Preet Mohinder ^b   Penugonda, Lakshmi C ^a   Speck, Rebecca M ^a   Sinha, Ashish C ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; colonoscopy; endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; endoscopy; morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893500345     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: 22312730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.125707     Document Type: Article

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