Comparison of different tests to determine difficult intubation in pediatric patients;Comparação de diferentes testes para determinar intubação difícil em pacientes pediátricos

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 391-394

  Inal, Mehmet Turan ^a   Memiş, Dilek ^a   Sahin, Sevtap Hekimoglu ^a   Gunday, Isil ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Difficult intubation; Pediatrics; Predictive tests

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85027957523     PISSN: 00347094     EISSN: 1806907X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjan.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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