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This review highlights the specific challenges of assessing and managing the airway in high BMI patients undergoing general anaesthesia, emphasizing the utility of the ramping technique.
This review highlights the challenges and solutions for airway management and positioning, particularly the ramping technique, in obese patients undergoing general anaesthesia.
May support ramping for airway management in high-BMI patients; leaves open need for prospective RCTs.
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Bale et al. (2010) conducted a review in Obesity requiring general anaesthesia. Ramping technique was evaluated. This review highlights the specific challenges of assessing and managing the airway in high BMI patients undergoing general anaesthesia, emphasizing the utility of the ramping technique.
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