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Adult airway evaluation in oral surgery

James C Phero1, Morton B Rosenberg, Joseph A Giovannitti

  • 1Anesthesiology Department, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati Academic Medical Center, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0531, USA. james.phero@uc.edu

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America
|July 23, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
AirwayCormack and LehaneIntubationLaryngoscopyObstructive sleep apneaOxygenationThyromental distanceVentilation

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