Accuracy of identification of the cricothyroid membrane in female subjects using palpation: An observational study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 987-992

  Aslani, Anastasia ^a   Ng, Su Cheen ^a   Hurley, Michael ^a   McCarthy, Kevin F ^a   McNicholas, Michelle ^b   McCaul, Conan Liam ^a,c  

^a ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; TRACHEOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MANIKINS; MEMBRANES; MOUTH; NECK; OBESITY; PALPATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SNORING; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 84860305704     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31824970ba     Document Type: Article

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