Upper lip bite test as a predictor of difficult mask ventilation: A prospective study

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-382

  Khan, Zahid Hussain ^a   Mofrad, Morteza Kaazempur ^a   Arbabi, Shahriar ^a   Javid, Mihan Jafary ^a   Makarem, Jalil ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Airway management; Anesthesia complications; Anesthesia risk; Difficult mask ventilation; Upper lip bite test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; JAW RELATION RECORD; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350166676     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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