Predictive value of bedside tests for difficult intubations

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1595-1599

  Aktas, S ^a   Atalay, Y O ^a   Tugrul, M ^b  

^a Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Difficult intubation; Difficult laryngoscopy; General anaesthesia; Interincisor distance; Mallampati classification; Neck circumference; Sternomental distance; Thyromental distance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY RISK INDEX; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERINCISOR DISTANCE; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLAMPATI CLASSIFICATION; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STERNOMENTAL DISTANCE; THYROMENTAL DISTANCE; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATIENT SAFETY; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942247416     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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