title: Emergent cricothyroidotomy in the morbidly obese: a safe, no-visualization technique.
authors.affiliation: Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02141, USA. dking3@partners.org
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D003413:Cricoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007821:Laryngeal Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome