Morbidly Obese Patients and Tracheal Intubation

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Based on publications in which some authors propose the placement of pillows under the shoulders and head of obese patients to help tracheal intubation, Dr. Ricardo Francisco Simoni has developed a very useful device. It is a trapezoidal device, fruit of observation of the position obtained with pillows.

I have encouraged Dr. Ricardo to send a Letter to the Editor aiming at spreading his invention. This device is routinely used in our service for tracheal intubation of obese patients and we have called it "Simoni's Trapeze" in analogy with "Crawford's Wedge".

I believe that the invention is worth being divulgated.

Yours truly.

Luiz M. Cangiani, TSA, M.D.

Member of BJA Editorial Board

Chef of Anesthesiology and Pain Treatment Department, Medical Center of Campinas

Address: Av. Andrade Neves 611

ZIP: 13013-161 City: Campinas, Brazil

Morbidly Obese Patients and Tracheal Intubation

Dear Mrs. Editor,

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  01 June 2005
• Date of issue
  Apr 2005