The body constitution of patients and intubation scales as predictors of difficult intubation considered in relation to the experience of the intubator

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-174

  Torres, Kamil ^a,b,c   Patel, A A ^a   Stylinski K ^b   Blonski M ^b   Torres, A ^a   Staskiewicz G ^a   Maciejewski, R ^a,c   Wojtaszek, M ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b District Specialist Hospital   (Poland)

^c Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive System Neoplasms ^*  (Poland)

^d Specialist Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesiology; Intubation; Medical procedures; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SCREENING TEST; UPPER LIP BILE TEST; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BITE FORCE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHIN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STERNUM;

EID: 53549120610     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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