Risk factors assessment of the difficult intubation using intubation difficulty scale

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Nasa, Vaibhav K ^a   Kamath, Shaila S ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Airway; Difficult intubation; Mallampati

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; INTUBATION DIFFICULTY SCALE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MODIFIED MALLAMPATI TEST; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NECK EXTENSION TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROMENTAL DISTANCE TEST;

EID: 84904789574     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/8506.4560     Document Type: Article

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