Tracheal intubation with a flexible intubation scope versus other intubation techniques for obese patients requiring general anaesthesia

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nicholson, Amanda ^a   Cook, Tim M ^b   Lewis, Sharon R ^c   Smith, Andrew F ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SKILL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85041716467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010320     Document Type: Article

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