A new difficult airway management algorithm based upon the el ganzouri risk index and glidescope ® videolaryngoscope. a new look for intubation?

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1011-1017

  Caldiroli, D ^a   Cortellazzi, P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway remodeling; Intubation; Laryngoscopes

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EL GANZOURI RISK INDEX; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK TUMOR; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VIDEOENDOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80053453095     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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