Comparison of upper lip bite test with Mallampati test in the prediction of difficult intubation at a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1012-1015

  Ali, Muhammad Asghar ^a   Qamar ul Hoda, Muhammad ^a   Samad, Khalid ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Difficult intubation; Mallampati; Upper lip bite test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLAMPATI TEST; PAKISTAN; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UPPER LIP BITE TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84867151203     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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