Easy endotracheal intubation of a patient suffering from both Cushing's and Nelson's syndromes predicted by the upper lip bite test despite a Mallampati class 4 airway

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 786-787

  Khan, Zahid Hussain ^a,b   Gharabaghian, Mahin ^a   Nilli, Ferozeh ^a   Ghiamat, Mehdi ^a   Mohammadi, Mostafa ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CUSHING DISEASE; EDEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; JAW MOVEMENT; LARYNGOSCOPY; MORBID OBESITY; NELSON SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; JAW RELATION RECORD; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIP; NELSON SYNDROME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOOTH;

EID: 34548119876     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000275180.22135.7f     Document Type: Article

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