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Vol. 40. Issue 2.
Pages 119-123 (May - July 2012)
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Vol. 40. Issue 2.
Pages 119-123 (May - July 2012)
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Airway Management in Bariatric Surgery Patients at Hospital Universitario de San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia
Manejo de la vía aérea en pacientes llevados a cirugía bariátrica en el Hospital Universitario de San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia
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Fritz E. Gempelera,
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gempeler@javeriana.edu.co

Corresponding author: Salas de Cirugía, Hospital Universitario de San Ignacio, Cr 7 N.° 40-62, 4.o piso, Bogotá, Colombia.
, Lorena Díazb, Lina Sarmientoc
a Associate Professor at Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Anesthesiologist, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia
b Anaesthesiologist, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia
c Graduate student of Anesthesiology, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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Abstract
Introduction

Obesity has increased in the past few years, more so for the morbidly obese; in whom comorbilities that complicate the perioperative anaesthetic and airway management have been identified. The pre-anaesthetic assessment of the patient includes parameters of physical examination and medical history that predict difficulties when intubating or failure to do so. In such cases, the Bonfils retromolar fibroscope has proven to be a useful tool.

Goal

To observe and identify predicting evidence of a difficult airway through physical examination; to revise the incidence of difficult intubation and the use of tools for airway management of obese patients.

Methods

This is a descriptive observational study carried out on 352 obese patients who underwent bariatric surgery at Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá. On these patients we assessed the following parameters: body mass index (BMI), oral opening, mallampati score, distance between thyroid and chin, neck circumference, use of laryngoscope or Bonfils retromolar fibroscope and the difficulties encountered for both.

Conclusions

Intubation with the Bonfils retromolar fibroscope proves successfull in 100% of observed cases of obese patients, and intubation difficulty does not correlate with the parameters considered in our assessment.

Keywords:
Obesity
Morbid obesity
Intubation
Intratracheal intubation
Resumen
Introducción

La obesidad ha aumentado en los últimos años y aún más los obesos mórbidos, en quienes se han reconocido comorbilidades que dificultan el manejo perioperatorio anestésico, incluido el manejo de la vía aérea. En la valoración preanestésica existen parámetros del examen físico y de la historia clínica que son predictores de intubaciones difíciles o fallidas, y es en estos casos cuando el fibroscopio retromolar de Bonfils ha sido una herramienta útil.

Objetivo

Observar los predictores de vía aérea difícil a partir del examen físico, la incidencia de intubación difícil y las herramientas utilizadas para el manejo de la vía aérea en pacientes obesos.

Material y métodos

Estudio observacional descriptivo de 352 pacientes obesos llevados a cirugía bariátrica en el Hospital Universitario de San Ignacio, Bogotá, en quienes se evaluó índice de masa corporal, apertura oral, Mallampati, distancia tiromentoniana, circunferencia del cuello y uso de laringoscopio o fibroscopio retromolar de Bonfils y su dificultad en la utilización.

Conclusiones

La intubación con fibroscopio retromolar de Bonfils es exitosa en el 100% de los casos observados en pacientes obesos y la dificultad de la intubación con dicho dispositivo no se correlaciona con los parámetros evaluados.

Palabras clave:
Obesidad
Obesidad mórbida
Intubación
Intubación intratraqueal
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