Inter-observer reproducibility of 15 tests used for predicting difficult intubation

Biomedical Papers

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-282

  Adamus, Milan ^a   Jor, Ondrej ^b   Vavreckova, Tereza ^b   Hrabalek, Lumir ^a   Zapletalova, Jana ^b   Gabrhelik, Tomas ^a   Tomaskova, Hana ^c   Janout, Vladimir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Difficult intubation; Inter observer variability; Prediction; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; NECK; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054104999     PISSN: 12138118     EISSN: 18047521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/bp.2011.041     Document Type: Article

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