Are the obese difficult to intubate?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 770-771

  Dixit, A ^a   Kulshrestha, M ^a   Mathews, J J ^a   Bhandari, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; INTUBATION DIFFICULTY SCALE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84896908968     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu077     Document Type: Letter

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