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Neck fat volume as a potential indicator of difficult intubation: A pilot study

BACKGROUND: Direct laryngoscopy is the gold standard of the airway management in patients without predicted difficulties. If unpredicted difficulties are encountered instead, different algorithms to follow have been developed. To date, no single predictor is sufficiently valid. In clinical practice,...

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Autores principales: Del Buono, Romualdo, Sabatino, Lorenzo, Greco, Federico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5789509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29416459
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.SJA_398_17