... , 2019). Implementing these 19 PREOXYGENTATION OF OBESE PATIENTS 20 preoxygenation and positioning ...
... , October, and November of 2019, HRH had 82 patients with a BMI of 40 or greater receive anesthesia which ...
... required endotracheal tube (ETT) placement for airway management. 16 (20%) of these patients experienced a ...
... Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines obesity as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 (CDC, n.d ...
... .). The CDC further divides obesity into three categories: class one is BMI 30 to less than 35, class two ...