Difficult intubation in acromegalic patients: Incidence and predictability

Anesthesiology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 110-114

  Schmitt, Hubert ^a   Buchfelder, Michael ^a   Radespiel Tröger, Martin ^a   Fahlbusch, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques; Laryngoscopy; Oropharyngeal classification

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BOUGIE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OROPHARYNX; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033917672     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200007000-00020     Document Type: Article

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