A prospective observational evaluation of an anatomically guided, logically formulated airway measure to predict difficult laryngoscopy

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 213-217

  Rucker, Joshua C ^a   Cole, David ^a   Guerina, Laarni R ^a   Zoran, Nitai ^a   Chung, Frances ^b   Friedman, Zeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway management; Anaesthesia; Endotracheal intubation; Measurement; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANESTHESIST; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; ONTARIO; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863665866     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e3283502168     Document Type: Review

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