Comparison of acromioaxillosuprasternal notch index (a new test) with modified Mallampati test in predicting difficult visualization of larynx

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 141-144

  Kamranmanesh, Mohammad R ^a   Jafari, Ali R ^a   Gharaei, Babak ^a   Aghamohammadi, Homayoun ^a   Poor Zamany N k , Mahtab ^a   Kashi, Amir H ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

anesthesia; intratracheal; intubation; laryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84894155989     PISSN: 18754597     EISSN: 1875452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aat.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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