Comparison of six methods for predicting difficult intubation in obstetric patients

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-201

  Allahyary, E ^a   Ghaemei, Seyed Reza ^a   Azemati, S ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Intubation; Methods; Obstetrics; Patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 69749112024     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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