Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Feb 2014
Difficult mask ventilation in obese patients: analysis of predictive factors.
This study aimed to determine the accuracy of commonly used preoperative difficult airway indices as predictors of difficult mask ventilation (DMV) in obese patients (BMI >30 kg/m2). ⋯ Obese patients show increased incidence of DMV with respect to the undifferentiated surgical population. Limited PM, Mallampati test and NC are important DMV predictors.