Clinical Predictors of Difficult Laryngeal Exposure

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 358-363

  Hsiung, Ming Wang ^a   Pai, Lu ^a   Kang, Bor Hwang ^a   Wang, Bing Long ^a   Wong, Chih Shung ^a   Wang, Hsing Won ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Difficult laryngeal exposure; Physical examination; Sex; Thyroid mandible angle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; JAW; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THYROID CARTILAGE;

EID: 0842342675     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200402000-00033     Document Type: Article

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