Perioperative and periprocedural airway management and respiratory safety for the obese patient: 2016 SIAARTI Consensus

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1314-1335

  Petrini, Flavia ^a   Di Giacinto, Ida ^b   Cataldo, Rita ^c   Esposito, Clelia ^d   Pavoni, Vittorio ^e   Donato, Paolo ^f   Trolio, Antonella ^a   Merli, Guido ^g,h   Sorbello, Massimiliano ^h,i   Pelosi, Paolo ^j   Corcione, Antonio ^k   Antonelli, Massimo ^k   Aurilio, Caterina ^k   Baroncini, Simonetta ^k   Carron, Michele ^k   Chiumiento, Fernando ^k   Cinnella, Gilda ^k   Corso, Ruggero Massimo ^k   Costantini, Amedeo ^k   De Monte, Amato ^k   Rocca, Giorgio Della ^k   Doldo, Giuseppe ^k   Frova, Giulio ^k   Fusari, Maurizio ^k   Gallo, Rosa ^k   Giarratano, Antonino ^k   Guarino, Arturo ^k   Guarracino, Fabio ^k   Ladiana, Nicola ^k   Latronico, Nicola ^k   Locatelli, Alessandro ^k   Manenti, Ottavia ^k   Menarini, Maurizio ^k   Micaglio, Massimo ^k   Pala, Franco ^k   Palermo, Salvatore ^k   Peduto, Vito A ^k   Pelaia, Paolo ^k   Principi, Tiziana ^k   Rossi, Marco ^k   Sansone, Pasquale ^k   Servillo, Giuseppe ^k   Solca, Maurizio ^k   Tritapepe, Luigi ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^d AORN Ospedali dei Colli   (Italy)

^e SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f University Hospital Maggiore della Carita   (Italy)

^g MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h SIAARTI Airway Management Study Group   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

Clinical pathways; Critical care; Obesity; Patient safety; Perioperative care

Indexed keywords

DABIGATRAN; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIST; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; INTENSIVE CARE; ITALY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BODY MASS INDEX; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; OBESITY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 85008152045     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: 18271596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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