Higher operating tables provide better laryngeal views for tracheal intubation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 749-755

  Lee, H C ^a   Yun, M J ^b   Hwang, J W ^c   Na, H S ^c   Kim, D H ^b   Park, J Y ^d  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b National Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

human engineering; intubation; laryngoscopy; patient positioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HEIGHT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLE; OPERATING TABLE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; STERNUM; UMBILICUS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; PATIENT POSITIONING;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERATING TABLES; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTURE;

EID: 84896945199     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet428     Document Type: Article

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