Airway difficulty in Mallampati 'class zero' patients: A prospective double-blind observational study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 338-342

  Hegde, Harihar V ^a   Prasad, Kothegala C ^a   Bhat, Manjunath T ^a   Hegde, Jyothirmay S ^a   Mysore Cb, Santhosh ^a   Yaliwal, Vijay G ^a   Rao, P Raghavendra ^a  

^a SDM COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Airway management; Endotracheal; Epiglottis; Intubation; Laryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INDIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTUBATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863613597     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e3283542407     Document Type: Review

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