Thyromental distance as a predictor of difficult intubation

Anestezjologia Intensywna Terapia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-12

  Łasińska Kowara, Magdalena ^a   Sulkowski, Bronisław ^a   Wujtewicz, Maria ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Intubation; Thyromental distance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 34248374377     PISSN: 02091712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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