No evidence for diagnostic value of mallampati score in patients suspected of having obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-203

  Bins, Sander ^a   Koster, Theodoor D ^a   De Heij, Albert H ^a   De Vries, Akkeline C ^a   Van Pelt, Anouk B ^a   Aarts, Mark C J ^a   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a   Van Der Heijden, Geert J M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Evidencebased case report; Literature review; Mallampati score; OSAS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MALLAMPATI SCORE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 84856384191     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811409302     Document Type: Article

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