A combination of the modified Mallampati score, thyromental distance, anatomical abnormality, and cervical mobility (M-TAC) predicts difficult laryngoscopy better than Mallampati classification

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 58-62

  Ambesh, Sushil Prakash ^a   Singh, Neha ^b   Rao, Parnandi Bhaskar ^c   Gupta, Devendra ^a   Singh, Prabhat Kumar ^a   Singh, Uttam ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b PIMS ^*  (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Laryngoscopy: difficult Mallampati classification Intubation, intratracheal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ANATOMICAL ABNORMALITY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MOBILITY; DIFFICULT LARYNGOSCOPY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLAMPATI SCORE; PALATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROMENTAL DISTANCE;

INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY: DIFFICULT; MALLAMPATI CLASSIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84882819628     PISSN: 18754597     EISSN: 1875452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aat.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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