Use of sonography for airway assessment: An observational study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-85

  Singh, Mandeep ^a   Chin, Ki Jinn ^a   Chan, Vincent W S ^a   Wong, David T ^a   Prasad, Govindarajulu A ^a   Yu, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway assessment; Airway examination; Sonography

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANATOMIC INFORMATION; ANATOMIC STRUCTURES; BONY STRUCTURES; CLINICAL APPLICATION; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS; THYROID CARTILAGE;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNX; MALE; MOUTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149191094     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.1.79     Document Type: Article

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