Sublingual ultrasound as an assessment method for predicting difficult intubation: A pilot study

Anaesthesia

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 314-319

  Hui, C M ^a   Tsui, B C ^b  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH; NECK; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBLINGUAL ULTRASOUND; SURGICAL PATIENT; ULTRASOUND;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOUTH; MOUTH FLOOR; NECK; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TONGUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84897887831     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12598     Document Type: Article

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