Open AccessDiagnostic value of the upper lip bite test in predicting difficulty in intubation with head and neck landmarks obtained from lateral neck X-ray
Author(s) -
Zahid Hussain Khan,
Shahriar Arbabi
Publication year - 2013
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 - 10.4103/0019-5049.118567
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , predictive value , radiological weapon , grading (engineering) , laryngoscopy , head and neck , diagnostic test , radiography , predictive value of tests , surgery , orthodontics , pediatrics , civil engineering , engineering
Unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation remains a primary concern of anaesthesiologists and upper lip bite test (ULBT) is one of the assessments used in predicting difficult intubation. In this study, we aimed to check the utility of lateral neck X-ray measurements in improving the diagnostic value of the ULBT.