Prediction of difficult tracheal intubation in Turkish patients: A multi-center methodological study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1034-1040

  Yildiz, T S ^a,j   Korkmaz, F ^b   Solak, M ^a   Toker, K ^a   Erciyes, N ^c   Bayrak, F ^d   Ganidagli, S ^e   Tekin, M ^f   Kizilkaya, M ^g   Karsli, B ^h   Turan, A ⁱ   Ozcan, U ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^j NONE   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

Airway assessment tests; Anaesthesia general; Intubation; Laryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; THYROID CARTILAGE; TURKEY;

EID: 35948929408     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026502150700052X     Document Type: Article

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