Air Medical Journal
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 133-136 , July 2005

Airway management in the obese pediatric patient

  • Christopher Wagner, RN, CFRN, EMT-P

      Affiliations

    • Christopher Wagner, RN, CFRN, EMT-P, is a flight nurse specialist with Survival Flight at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor.

References 

  1. American Obesity Association. 2002. Childhood obesity. Retrieved April 2005, from www.obesity.org/subs/childhood/prevalence.shtml.
  2. Pediatric advanced life support provider manual. Dallas: American Academy of Pediatric and the American Heart Association; 2002.
  3. Ray RM , Senders CW . Airway management in the obese child . Pediatr Clin North Am . 2001;48:1055–1063
  4. Brunette DD . Resuscitation of the morbidly obese patient . Emerg Med . 2004;2:40–47
  5. Wolfe TR , et al.   Evaluation of an electronic esophageal detector device in patients with morbid obesity and pulmonary failure . Prehosp Emerg Care . 2002;6:59–64

PII: S1067-991X(05)00074-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2005.04.007

Air Medical Journal
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 133-136 , July 2005

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