Lateral neck radiography for prediction of difficult orotracheal intubation

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 689-693

  Kamalipour, Hamid ^a   Bagheri, M ^b   Kamali, K ^b   Taleie, A ^b   Yarmohammadi, H ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Intubation, intratracheal, prediction, classification, Mallampati; Laryngoscopy, direct; Radiography, neck, lateral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CARTILAGE; TRACHEA; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 24744464568     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021505001146     Document Type: Article

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