Modified Mallampati test, thyromental distance and inter-incisor gap are the best predictors of difficult laryngoscopy in West Africans

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-296

  Merah, Nkihu A ^a   Wong, David T ^b   Ffoulkes Crabbe, Dorothy J ^a   Kushimo, Olusola T ^a   Bode, Christopher O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AFRICA; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCISOR; LARYNGOSCOPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STERNUM;

EID: 18644385611     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016066     Document Type: Article

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