Association between factors predicting and assessing the airway and use of intubating laryngeal mask airway

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 553-558

  Staikou, Chryssoula ^a   Tsaroucha, Athanassia ^a   Paraskeva, Anteia ^a   Fassoulaki, Argyro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Airway assessment; Airway devices; Cormack lehane grade; Intubation laryngeal mask airway fastrach; Mallampati classification; Mouth opening; Thyromental distance

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROSTANOLS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PROPOFOL;

EID: 77950434862     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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