The simplified predictive intubation difficulty score: A new weighted score for difficult airway assessment

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1003-1009

  L'Hermitea, Joël ^a   Nouvellona, Emmanuel ^a   Cuvillona, Philippe ^a   Fabbro Peraya, Pascale ^a   Langerond, Olivier ^b   Riparta, Jacques ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^b Section of Radiology   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Assessment; Difficult airway; General; Intubation; Preanaesthetic

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACCURACY; ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT TUMOR; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLIFIED PREDICTIVE INTUBATION DIFFICULTY SCORE; SNORING; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 77449111548     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32832efc71     Document Type: Article

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