Difficult Intubation in Children: Applicability of the Mallampati Index;Intubação Difícil em Crianças: Aplicabilidade do índice de Mallampati

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-162

  Santos, Ana Paula S Vieira ^a   Mathias, Ligia Andrade S Telles ^b   Gozzani, Judymara Lauzi ^c   Watanabe, Marcelo ^c  

^a FCM   (Brazil)

^b ISCMSP   (Brazil)

^c FCMSCSP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intubation, Intratracheal; Pediatrics; Predictive Value of Tests; Preoperative care

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORMACK LEHANE INDEX; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLAMPATI INDEX; PATIENT CODING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMEDICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052168478     PISSN: 00347094     EISSN: 1806907X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-7094(11)70020-4     Document Type: Article

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