A comparison of the upper lip bite test (a simple new technique) with modified Mallampati classification in predicting difficulty in endotracheal intubation: A prospective blinded study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 595-599

  Khan, Zahid Hussain ^a   Kashfi, Arash ^a   Ebrahimkhani, Elham ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BITE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INCISOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPPER LIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; JAW RELATION RECORD; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTH;

EID: 0037301975     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200302000-00053     Document Type: Article

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