Difficult Tracheal Intubation in Obese Gastric Bypass patients

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2640-2647

  Dohrn, Niclas ^a   Sommer, Thorbjørn ^b   Bisgaard, Jannie ^c   Rønholm, Ebbe ^d   Larsen, Jens Fromholt ^d  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Private Hospital Molholm   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airway assessment; Airway management; Difficult tracheal intubation; Gastric bypass; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFICULT TRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; COMPLICATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LARYNGOSCOPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84961200908     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-016-2141-0     Document Type: Article

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