Short thyromental distance is a surrogate for inadequate head extension, rather than small submandibular space, when indicating possible difficult direct laryngoscopy

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 600-606

  Qudaisat, Ibraheem Y ^a   AL Ghanem, Subhi M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Difficult airway management; Prediction; Submandibular space; Thyromental distance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDENTULOUSNESS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOTHERAPY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROMENTAL DISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID CARTILAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052695822     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328347cdd9     Document Type: Article

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