Comparison of five methods in predicting difficult laryngoscopy: Neck circumference, neck circumference to thyromental distance ratio, the ratio of height to thyromental distance, upper lip bite test and Mallampati test

BACKGROUND: Preoperative airway assessment tests have been presented to help in anticipating a difficult airway. We conducted this study to compare five methods in prediction of difficult laryngoscopy: Neck circumference (NC), NC to thyromental distance ratio (NC/TMD), the ratio of height to thyrome...

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Autores principales: Honarmand, Azim, Safavi, Mohammadreza, Yaraghi, Ahmad, Attari, Mohammadali, Khazaei, Mehdi, Zamani, Majid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4513312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26261824
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9175.158033

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