Ratio of patient's height to thyromental distance improves prediction of difficult laryngoscopy

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 763-765

  Schmitt, H J ^a   Kirmse, M ^a   Radespiel Troger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laryngoscopy, difficult; predictive test

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036916641     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0203000607     Document Type: Article

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