Correlative value of airway assessment by Mallampati classification and Cormack and Lehane grading

Rawal Medical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-6

  Nasir, Khawaja Kamal ^a   Shahani, Arshad Saleem ^a   Maqbool, Muhammad Salman ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Airway; Intubation; Larngoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORMACK AND LEHANE GRADING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLAMPATI CLASSIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 80055037229     PISSN: 03035212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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