The prediction of difficult intubation in obese patients using mirror indirect laryngoscopy: A prospective pilot study

• Main Authors: Arne O Budde (Author), Matthew Desciak (Author), Venugopal Reddy (Author), Octavio A Falcucci (Author), Sonia J Vaida (Author), Leonard M Pott (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The incidence of difficult laryngoscopy and intubation in obese patients is higher than in the general population. Classical predictors of difficult laryngoscopy and intubation have been shown to be unreliable. We prospectively evaluated indirect mirror laryngoscopy as a predictor of dif...