Does body mass index predict tracheal airway size?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1093-1097

  D'Anza, Brian ^a   Knight, Jesse ^b   Scott Greene, J ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PLLC   (United States)

Author keywords

endotracheal tube size; obesity; Tracheal airway size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEAL AIRWAY SIZE; TRACHEOTOMY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; FOLLOW UP; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGERY; TRACHEA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA; TRACHEOTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928538932     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24943     Document Type: Article

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