Decreased tongue mobility - An explanation for difficult endotracheal intubation?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 92-94

  Rosenstock, Charlotte ^a,b   Kristensen, M S ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Difficult airway management; Evaluation; General anaesthesia; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MALLAMPATI EVALUATION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; TONGUE DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TONGUE DISEASES; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13444267904     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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