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Prediction of difficult tracheal intubations in thyroid surgery. Predictive value of neck circumference to thyromental distance ratio

INTRODUCTION: Difficult tracheal intubation (DTI) contributes to perioperative morbidity and mortality. There are conflicting study results about the most predictive DTI risk criteria in patients undergoing thyroid surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a prospective observational study on 500...

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Autores principales: De Cassai, Alessandro, Papaccio, Francesco, Betteto, Giorgia, Schiavolin, Chiara, Iacobone, Maurizio, Carron, Michele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6392301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30811508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212976