A comparison of the upper lip bite test with hyomental/thyrosternal distances and mandible length in predicting difficulty in intubation: A prospective study

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-46

  Khan, Zahid Hussain ^a   Maleki, Anahid ^a   Makarem, Jalil ^a   Mohammadi, Mostafa ^a   Khan, Ramooz Hussain ^b   Zandieh, Ali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Difficult intubation; Difficult laryngoscopy; Endotracheal intubation; Predictive airway tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOMENTAL DISTANCE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE LENGTH; THYROSTERNUM DISTANCE; UPPER LIP BITE TEST;

EID: 79955629320     PISSN: 00195049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.76603     Document Type: Article

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