Predictive models for difficult laryngoscopy and intubation. A clinical, radiologic and three-dimensional computer imaging study

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 748-759

  Naguib, Mohamed ^b,c   Malabarey, Tajuddin ^a   Alsatli, Raed A ^b   Damegh, Saleh Al ^a   Samarkandi, Abdulhamid H ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032882428     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03013910     Document Type: Article

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