Predictive value of upper lip bite test and ratio of height to thyromental distance compared to other multivariate airway assessment tests for difficult laryngoscopy in apparently normal patients

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-195

  Shah, Pratibha Jain ^a   Dubey, Kamta Prasad ^a   Yadav, Jai Prakash ^a  

^a PT J N M MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Airway assessment tests; difficult laryngoscopy; ratio of height to thyromental distance; upper lip bite test

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; ONDANSETRON; RANITIDINE; ROCURONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD AND NECK MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTER INCISOR GAP; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED MALLAMPATTI TEST; MOUTH; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATIO OF HEIGHT TO THYROMENTAL DISTANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROMENTAL DISTANCE; UPPER LIP BITE TEST;

EID: 84878504697     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: 22312730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.111700     Document Type: Article

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