Predicting difficult laryngoscopy and intubation with laryngoscopic exam test: A new method

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 453-458

  Akhlaghi, Mahmood ^a   Abedinzadeh, Mohammadreza ^a   Ahmadi, Ali ^a   Heidari, Zohre ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Airway management; Difficult intubation; Laryngoscopy; Mallampati

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; UPPER LIP; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85029702410     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 17359694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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