Comparison of upper lip bite test (ULBT) with mallampati classification, regarding assessment of difficult intubation

Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 767-769

  Dar, Sajjad ^a   Khan, Muhammad Sayyaf ^a   Iqbal, Faraz ^a   Nazeer, Tahir ^a   Hussain, Riaz ^a  

^a SERVICES HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cormak Lehane classification; Laryngoscopy; Mallampati classification; ULBT

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORMACK LEHANE GRADING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFICULT INTUBATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLAMPATI CLASSIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER LIP BITE TEST;

EID: 85026661561     PISSN: 19967195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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