Difficult laryngoscopy and intubation in the Indian population: An assessment of anatomical and clinical risk factors

S Prakash, A Kumar, S Bhandari, P Mullick… - Indian journal of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Methods: In 330 adult patients receiving general anaesthesia with tracheal intubation,
airway characteristics and clinical factors were determined and their association with difficult …

Ultrasound as an assessment method in predicting difficult intubation: a prospective clinical study

S Abraham, J Himarani, S Mary Nancy… - Journal of Maxillofacial …, 2018 - Springer
Objective Aim of the study is to predict the difficulty in intubation preoperatively using
ultrasonography. Methods One hundred and thirty-seven patients underwent ultrasound …

Prediction of ease of laryngoscopy and intubation-role of upper lip bite test, modified mallampati classification, and thyromental distance in various combination

AS Wajekar, S Chellam, PV Toal - Journal of family medicine and …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: The incidence of difficult intubation in patients undergoing general anaesthesia
is estimated to be approximately 1-18% whereas that of failure to intubate is 0.05-0.35%. 1 …

BMI as a predictor for potential difficult tracheal intubation in males

AA Uribe, DA Zvara, EG Puente, AJ Otey… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Difficult tracheal intubation is a common source of mortality and morbidity in
surgical and critical care settings. The incidence reported of difficult tracheal intubation is …

[HTML][HTML] Use of the “LEMON” score in predicting difficult intubation in Africans

DB Mshelia, EO Ogboli-Nwasor… - Nigerian Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Endotracheal intubation is an integral part of airway management and is key to
the practice of safe anesthesia. Prediction of a difficult airway can help reduce the incidence …

Assessment of predictors for difficult intubation and laryngoscopy in adult elective surgical patients at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional …

T Alemayehu, M Sitot, A Zemedkun… - Annals of Medicine …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: General anesthesia is not without morbidity. One of the well-known life-
threatening events associated with general anesthesia is difficult airway which can happen …

[HTML][HTML] Cross sectional observational study performed to see for relation of Mallampati score and extended Mallampati score with body mass index

SMAA Menon, S SAMpAngirAMAiAh… - Journal of Clinical and …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and Methods This cross-sectional prospective observational study was performed
on 323 subjects. The selection method included convenience sampling technique. Patient …

困难气道危险因素Logistic 回归分析及身高甲颏距离比最佳临界点

靳皓, 陈萍 - 南方医科大学学报, 2015 - cqvip.com
目的根据常用气道评估指标探究困难气道的危险因素. 方法选择300 例拟行气管插管全麻的患者
, 术前测量身高, 甲颏距离, 颈部后仰度, 张口度, 改良Mallampati 分级等气道评估指标 …

Are cardiac surgical patients at increased risk of difficult intubation?

DP Borde, SS Futane, V Daunde, S Zine… - Indian journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Methods: During the study, 627 patients (329 cardiac and 298 non-cardiac surgical) were
enrolled. Pre-operative demographic and other variables associated with DI were assessed …

Assessment of airway parameters for predicting difficult laryngoscopy and intubation in a tertiary center in western Nepal

G Lakhe, H Poudel, KM Adhikari - 2019 - elibrary.nhrc.gov.np
Background: The screening tests used for pre-operative evaluation of airway to predict
difficult laryngoscopy and intubation have variable diagnostic accuracy. The unanticipated …