Sonographic assessment of the epiglottis

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1358-1360

  Werner, Sandra L ^a,b   Jones, Robert A ^a   Emerman, Charles L ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

epiglottis; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYOID BONE; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 9644278065     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.05.033     Document Type: Article

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