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Comparing ease of intubation in obese and lean patients using intubation difficulty scale

BACKGROUND: Difficult tracheal intubation contributes to significant morbidity and mortality during induction of anesthesia. There are divided opinions regarding ease of intubation in obese patients. Moreover, the definition of difficult intubation is not uniform; hence we have use the Intubation Di...

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Autores principales: Shailaja, S., Nichelle, S. M., Shetty, A. Kishan, Hegde, B. Radhesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886221
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.134493