Open AccessRisk Factors Assessment of the Difficult Intubation using Intubation Difficulty Scale (IDS)
Author(s) -
Vaibhav Nasa,
Shaila S Kamath
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8506.4560
Subject(s) - intubation , medicine , airway , anesthesia , receiver operating characteristic , laryngoscopy , airway management , general anaesthesia , surgery
The major responsibility of anaesthesiologist is to maintain adequate gas exchange in his patients in all circumstances and this require that patency of upper airway is constantly maintained. Problems with upper airway management are among the most frequent causes of anaesthetic mishaps. Using intubation difficulty scale (IDS) we made an attempt to objectively assess the predictors of difficult intubation. We assessed classical bedside tests such as modified Mallampati test, Thyromental distance test and also neck extension test.