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A comparison of the upper lip bite test with hyomental/thyrosternal distances and mandible length in predicting difficulty in intubation: A prospective study

The incidence of difficulty in tracheal intubation has been reported to range from 0.5 to 18% in patients undergoing surgery. We aimed to elucidate the role of upper lip bite test (ULBT) with other prevailing tests, hyomental/thyrosternal distances (HMD/TSD), and the mandible length (ML) and their p...

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Autores principales: Khan, Zahid Hussain, Maleki, Anahid, Makarem, Jalil, Mohammadi, Mostafa, Khan, Ramooz Hussain, Zandieh, Ali
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21431052
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.76603