Prevalence and prediction of difficult intubation in Chinese women

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-52

  Wong, S H S ^a   Hung, C T ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Intubation: difficult, prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 0032978772     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9902700110     Document Type: Article

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