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Intubation with Airtraq(™) laryngoscope in a morbidly obese patient

In the present study, we report a case of successful endotracheal intubation using Airtraq(™) Laryngoscope (AQL) in a morbidly obese patient. A 35-year-old woman, morbidly obese (weight, 105 kg; height, 160 cm; BMI, 41 kg/m(2)), known hypertensive and diabetic, was admitted in the operating room for...

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Autores principales: Tantia, Pratik, Malik, Sunny, Jamil, Shahin, Samal, Rajiv
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3101762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21655025
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.76482