Open AccessAre cardiac surgical patients at increased risk of difficult intubation?
Author(s) -
Deepak Borde,
Savani Sameer Futane,
Vijay Daunde,
Sujata Rahul Zine,
Nayana Joshi,
Sumit Jaiswal,
Sadhana Chinchole,
Prasannakumar Kulkarni,
Amit Hiwarkar,
Priti Bhagyawant,
Dilip Deshmukh,
Manisha Takalkar
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_283_17
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac surgery , incidence (geometry) , intubation , univariate analysis , risk factor , logistic regression , multivariate analysis , airway , general anaesthesia , surgery , anesthesia , physics , optics
Safe airway management is the cornerstone of contemporary anaesthesia practice, and difficult intubation (DI) remains a major cause of anaesthetic morbidity and mortality. The surgical category, particularly cardiac surgery as a risk factor for DI has not been studied extensively. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis whether cardiac surgical patients are at increased risk of DI.