Open AccessEthnicity and upper airway measurements: A study in South Indian population
Author(s) -
Kalpana Balakrishnan,
Punitha Chockalingam
Publication year - 2017
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/ija.ija_247_17
Subject(s) - medicine , receiver operating characteristic , laryngoscopy , airway , intubation , population , orthodontics , dentistry , surgery , environmental health
Most studies on upper airway are conducted based on airway measurements in the western population. We set out to find the normal values of upper airway measurements in South Indian population. The aim of this study was to perform various upper airway examinations and to set standards for normal measurements in the South Indian population as well as to analyse the data for predictors of difficult intubation.