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Intubation by Fibroscopy in Morbidly Obese Patients

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Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.

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Abstract

Visualization of the vocal cords by direct laryngoscopic view during general anaesthesia and muscles paralysis probably is the most popular technique to perform orotracheal or nasotracheal intubation, at least in Italy. However, this manoeuvre shows a variable incidence of difficulty and failure in the general surgical population.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Trieste University School of Medicine, Trieste, Italy

    Antonino Gullo M.D. (Head) (Head)

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Croci, M., Pelosi, P., Pedoto, A., Ferrari, G., Fochi, C., Tarenzi, L. (1996). Intubation by Fibroscopy in Morbidly Obese Patients. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2203-4_61

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