Comparison of the upper lip bite test with measurement of thyromental distance for prediction of difficult intubations

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 61-65

  Salimi, Alireza ^a   Farzanegan, Behrooz ^a   Rastegarpour, Ali ^b   Kolahi, Ali Asghar ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Intratracheal; Intubation; Thyromental distance; Upper hip bite test

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; LIDOCAINE; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THYROMENTAL DISTANCE; UPPER LIP BITE TEST;

EID: 48049093915     PISSN: 18754597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-4597(08)60027-2     Document Type: Article

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