Mallampati score and pediatric obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 985-990

  Kumar, Harsha Vardhan Madan ^a,d   Schroeder, James W ^b   Gang, Zhang ^c   Sheldon, Stephen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Department of Pediatrics Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Northwestern University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Mallampati score; Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea; Tonsillar size

Indexed keywords

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLAMPATI SCORE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TONSIL; TONSIL SIZE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; OROPHARYNX; PALATINE TONSIL; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PALATINE TONSIL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84907208398     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.4032     Document Type: Article

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