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Reliability of the thyromental height test for prediction of difficult visualisation of the larynx: A prospective external validation

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Thyromental height (TMH) has been reported to be useful for prediction of difficult visualisation of the larynx (DVL), defined as Cormack--Lehane (C&L) grade III or IV. The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of the TMH test for DVL with that of other cl...

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Autores principales: Yabuki, Shizuha, Iwaoka, Satoka, Murakami, Mamoru, Miura, Hiroko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6460976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31000890
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ija.IJA_852_18