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The degree of intubation difficulties and the frequency of complications in obese patients at the Hospital Emergency Department and the Intensive Care Unit: Case–control study
The intubation difficulties in obese patients are not a new problem. They may result from an accumulation of fat in the oral cavity and cheeks. A thick tongue is also a significant factor. The literature reports that some tests to determine the intubation difficulties in obese people may be unreliab...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Health
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5207596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28033300 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000005777 |