Determination of the diagnostic value of the Modified Mallampati Score, Upper Lip Bite Test and Facial Angle in predicting difficult intubation: A prospective descriptive study

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 37, Issue , 2017, Pages 99-102

  Mahmoodpoor, Ata ^a   Soleimanpour, Hassan ^b   Golzari, Samad EJ ^a   Nejabatian, Arezoo ^a   Pourlak, Tannaz ^a   Amani, Masoumeh ^a   Hajmohammadi, Saeed ^a   Hosseinzadeh, Hamzeh ^b   Esfanjani, Robab Mehdizadeh ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Difficult intubation; Facial Angle; Modified Mallampati Score; Upper Lip Bite Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CEPHALOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFICULT INTUBATION; FACIAL ANGLE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MODIFIED MALLAMPATI SCORE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER LIP BITE TEST; YOUDEN INDEX; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE; FORECASTING; ORAL SURGERY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FACE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008700675     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2016.12.010     Document Type: Article

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