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A comparison of between hyomental distance ratios, ratio of height to thyromental, modified Mallamapati classification test and upper lip bite test in predicting difficult laryngoscopy of patients undergoing general anesthesia

BACKGROUND: Failed intubation is imperative source of anesthetic interrelated patient's mortality. The aim of this present study was to compare the ability to predict difficult visualization of the larynx from the following pre-operative airway predictive indices, in isolation and combination:...

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Autores principales: Honarmand, Azim, Safavi, Mohammadreza, Ansari, Narges
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4162034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25221769
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9175.139130