The incidence of difficult intubation in 2 000 patients undergoing thyroid surgery - A single center expirience

Vojnosanitetski Pregled

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 377-382

  Kalezić, Nevena ^a   Milosavljević, Radoje ^a,d   Paunović, Ivan ^a   Živaljević, Vladan ^a   Diklić, Aleksandar ^a   Matić, Danica ^b   Ivanović, Branislava ^b   Nešković, Vojislava ^c  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Stomatology   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^d Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Classification; Gender identity; Intraoperative complications; Intubation, intratracheal; Preoperative care; Surgical procedures, operative; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLOTTIS; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY;

EID: 67549089780     PISSN: 00428450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/VSP0905377K     Document Type: Article

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