Open AccessComparing ease of intubation in obese and lean patients using intubation difficulty scale
Author(s) -
S Shailaja,
S M Nichelle,
Anil Shetty,
B Radhesh Hegde
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.134493
Subject(s) - intubation , medicine , scale (ratio) , anesthesia , geography , cartography
Difficult tracheal intubation contributes to significant morbidity and mortality during induction of anesthesia. There are divided opinions regarding ease of intubation in obese patients. Moreover, the definition of difficult intubation is not uniform; hence we have use the Intubation Difficulty Scale (IDS) to find the incidence of difficult intubation in obese patients.