Difficult intubation in thyroid surgery: Myth or reality?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 965-968

  Amathieu, R ^a,b,c   Smail, N ^b   Catineau, J ^a   Poloujadoff, M P ^a   Samii, K ^b   Adnet, F ^a  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

^c SAMU 93   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; THYROID CANCER; THYROID SURGERY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 33750080475     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000237305.02465.ee     Document Type: Article

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