Incidence and predictors of difficult mask ventilation and intubation

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 451-455

  Shah, Prerana N ^a   Sundaram, Vimal ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Airway; difficult intubation; difficult ventilation; mask

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BODY MASS; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFICULT INTUBATION; DIFFICULT MASK VENTILATION; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION; JAW DISEASE; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; MANDIBLE; MICROGNATHIA; NECK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROGNATHIA; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; SPINE MALFORMATION; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

EID: 84869790738     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: 22312730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.101901     Document Type: Article

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