Predictors of difficult intubation: Study in Kashmiri population

British Journal of Medical Practitioners

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gupta, Arun Kr ^a   Ommid, Mohamad ^b   Nengroo, Showkat ^b   Naqash, Imtiyaz ^b   Mehta, Anjali ^b  

^a Rural Medical College   (India)

^b SKIMS   (India)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Intubation; Laryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954554475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17578515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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