High Body Mass Index Is a Weak Predictor for Difficult and Failed Tracheal Intubation

2009278 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Lars Hyldborg Lundstrøm · Copenhagen University Hospital

Jørn Wetterslev · Copenhagen University Hospital

Abstract

High BMI is a weak but statistically significant predictor of difficult and failed intubation and may be more appropriate than weight in multivariate models of prediction of DTI.

Topics & Keywords

Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Anesthesiology

Volume 110, Issue 2, pp. 266-274

DOI: 10.1097/aln.0b013e318194cac8

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