Does the Airway Examination Predict Difficult Intubation?

Evidence-Based Practice of Anesthesiology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 101-115

  Ghatge, Satyajeet ^a   Hagberg, Carin A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 85158951971     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-5996-7.00017-1     Document Type: Chapter

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