Prospective validation of the modified LEMON criteria to predict difficult intubation in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1492-1496

  Hagiwara, Yusuke ^a   Watase, Hiroko ^b   Okamoto, Hiroshi ^c   Goto, Tadahiro ^d   Hasegawa, Kohei ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIDIED LEMON CRITERIA; NECK INJURY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84942297586     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.06.038     Document Type: Article

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