Open AccessValidation of modified Mallampati test with addition of thyromental distance and sternomental distance to predict difficult endotracheal intubation in adults
Author(s) -
Bhavdip Patel,
Rajiv Khandekar,
Rashesh Diwan,
Ashok Shah
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.4103/0019-5049.130821
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngoscopy , intubation , grading (engineering) , endotracheal intubation , univariate analysis , anesthesia , multivariate analysis , civil engineering , engineering
Intubation is often a challenge for anaesthesiologists. Many parameters assist to predict difficult intubation. The present study was undertaken to assess the validity of different parameters in predicting difficult intubation for general anaesthesia (GA) in adults and effect of combining the parameters on the validity.