Difficult intubation: Thyromental distance and the atlanto-occipital gap

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 738-740

  Frerk, C M ^a   Till, C B W ^b   Bradley, A J ^c  

^a NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intubation; Tracheal

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; RADIOLOGY; THROAT;

EID: 0029757273     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07886.x     Document Type: Article

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