A simplified risk score to predict difficult intubation: Development and prospective evaluation in 3763 patients

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 935-940

  Eberhart, Leopold H J ^a   Arndt, Christian ^a   Aust, Hans Jörg ^a   Kranke, Peter ^b   Zoremba, Martin ^a   Morin, Astrid ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway; Diagnostic; Difficult intubation; Intratracheal; Intubation; Predictive test; Screening test; Test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TECHNICAL AID; TOOTH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOUTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78349257806     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328338883c     Document Type: Article

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