Fibreoptic laryngoscopy for difficult intubation
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[Difficult laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation: observational study].
INTRODUCTION Since anesthesia complications associated with unexpected difficult airway are potentially catastrophic, they should be avoided. The modified Mallampati test and jaw-thrust maneuver enable the identification of difficult airway. The aim of this study was to associate the modified Mallampati test and the jaw-thrust maneuver with laryngoscopy (Cormack-Lehane) in an attempt to identif...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1980.tb03891.x