Feasibility of the Preoperative Mallampati Airway Assessment in Emergency Department Patients

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 677-680

  Bair, Aaron E ^a   Caravelli, Rebekah ^b   Tyler, Katren ^a   Laurin, Erik G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

airway management; emergency intubation; preoperative assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TOOTH INJURY; TRACHEOTOMY;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TONGUE;

EID: 77952675295     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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