The relevance of clinical and radiological measurements in predicting difficulties in fibreoptic orotracheal intubation in adults

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1144-1147

  Randell, T ^a   Hakala, P ^a   Kytta J ^a   Kinnunen, J ^a  

^a Toolo Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Equipment; fibreoptic bronchoscope; Intubation, tracheal; difficult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOLOGY; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 0031722633     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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