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Dexmedetomidine for awake intubation and an opioid-free general anesthesia in a superobese patient with suspected difficult intubation

Super-obese patients (body mass index [BMI] >50 kg/m(2)) are at a particularly high risk of anesthesia-related complications during postoperative period, eg, critical respiratory events including respiratory arrest, and over-sedation leading to problems with maintaining airway open, hypoxia and h...

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Autores principales: Gaszynski, Tomasz, Gaszynska, Ewelina, Szewczyk, Tomasz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4094577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25045249
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S64587