Can difficult intubation be easily and rapidly predicted?

Biomedical Papers

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-172

  Fritscherova, Sarka ^a,b   Adamus, Milan ^a,b   Dostalova, Katerina ^a,b   Koutna, Jirina ^a,b   Hrabalek, Lumir ^a,b   Zapletalova, Jana ^b   Uvizl, Radovan ^a   Janout, Vladimir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Difficult tracheal intubation; Inter incisor gap; Prediction; Temporomandibular joint movement; Thyromental distance

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79960174956     PISSN: 12138118     EISSN: 18047521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/bp.2011.032     Document Type: Article

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