Predicting difficult intubation - A comparison between Mallampati classification and Wilson risk-sum

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 253-256

  Siddiqi, Rashad ^a,b   Kazi, Waqas Ahmed ^a  

^a National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Complications; Intubation; Mallampatti score; Trachea; Wilson risk sum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 21244452770     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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