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Evaluation of thyromental height test in prediction of difficult airway in obese surgical patients: An observational study

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Thyromental height test (TMHT) has revealed good potentials for predicting difficult laryngoscopy view (DLV) in non-obese patients, but its accuracy in obese patients is not evident. This study aimed to assess the validity of TMHT as a predictor of DLV in obese surgical patients...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Abeer M., Zaky, Monica N., El-Mekawy, Nevan M., Ollaek, Mohamed A., Sami, Wael M., Mohamed, Dina M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8820326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35221360
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ija.ija_675_21