A proposal for a new scoring system to predict difficult ventilation through a supraglottic airway

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 117, Issue , 2016, Pages i83-i86

  Saito, T ^a   Chew, S T H ^b   Liu, W L ^c   Thinn, K K ^d   Asai, T ^a   Ti, L K ^c,d  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

airway management; predictive values of tests; prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEVICES; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; LARYNGEAL MASK; MIDDLE AGED; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85010461756     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew191     Document Type: Article

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