The intubation difficulty scale (IDS): Proposal and evaluation of a new score characterizing the complexity of endotracheal intubation

Anesthesiology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1290-1297

  Adnet, Frédéric ^b   Borron, Stephen W ^c   Racine, Stéphane X ^c   Clemessy, Jean Luc ^a   Fournier, Jean Luc ^c   Plaisance, Patrick ^c   Lapandry, Claude ^c  

^a Clinique du Sud   (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Difficult intubation; Endotracheal intubation; Intubation Difficulty Score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; OPERATING ROOMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031469105     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199712000-00005     Document Type: Article

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