Comparing Ramped Position vs Sniffing Position for Intubation: Study Design Is Crucial

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¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. Electronic address: xuefushan@aliyun.com.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

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Fu-Shan Xue et al. Chest. 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov;152(5):1091-1092.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.07.018.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. Electronic address: xuefushan@aliyun.com.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

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Semler MW, Janz DR, Casey JD, Russell DW, Rice TW. Semler MW, et al. Chest. 2017 Nov;152(5):1092-1093. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.07.017. Chest. 2017. PMID: 29126526 No abstract available.

A Multicenter, Randomized Trial of Ramped Position vs Sniffing Position During Endotracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults.
Semler MW, Janz DR, Russell DW, Casey JD, Lentz RJ, Zouk AN, deBoisblanc BP, Santanilla JI, Khan YA, Joffe AM, Stigler WS, Rice TW; Check-UP Investigators(∗); Pragmatic Critical Care Research Group. Semler MW, et al. Chest. 2017 Oct;152(4):712-722. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.03.061. Epub 2017 May 6. Chest. 2017. PMID: 28487139 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.