Open AccessClinical evaluation of nares-vocal cord distance and its correlation with various external body parameters
Author(s) -
Bhuwan Sareen,
Anu Kapur,
Sanjay Kumar Gupta,
Parul Bansal Sareen,
Hitesh Nischal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.154997
Subject(s) - medicine , correlation , positive correlation , anatomy , orthodontics , mathematics , geometry
The optimal visualisation of vocal cords during fibreoptic intubation may be utilised for the nares-vocal cord distance (NVD) estimation. The present study was conducted to measure NVD and to correlate with various external body parameters.