Open AccessTO STUDY THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SONOGRAPHIC MODIFICATION OF CORMACK LEHANE SCORING WITH ACTUAL CL GRADING DURING DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY
Author(s) -
Vishal Koundal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v3i11.756
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngoscopy , airway , intubation , anesthesia , anesthesiology
Background: Airway assessment is an essential aspect of preanaesthetic assessment. Presently, prediction of difficult airway is based on clinical assessment of airway.
Methods: Prospective Observational conducted at Department of Anesthesiology, Dr. RPGMC Kangra at Tanda, Himachal Pradesh.
Results: It was observed that 44% patients (n=88) were in grade 2 followed by 27 % (n=54) in grade 1, grade 3 was observed in 24.5% patients (n=49) whereas Cormack Lehane grade 4 was seen in 4.5% patients (n=9)
Conclusion: The thyromental distance was more than 6.5 cm in the majority of patients (87.5%) while 12.5% had a thyromental distance less than 6.5 cm. There was a significant difference in Thyromental distance between different Cormack Lehane grades (P=0.001)
Keywords: Ultrasound, endotracheal intubation, direct laryngoscopy