JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Jul 2017
Observational StudyPrediction of Difficult Airway Among Patients Requiring Endotracheal Intubation in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern Nepal.
Various screening tests are done for predicting difficult laryngoscopy with variable diagnostic accuracy. Difficult laryngoscopy is being considered a surrogate indicator of difficult intubation, though it is not the exact measure of intubation difficulty. Our objectives were to find out the better predictor of difficult laryngoscopy amongst the routinely used tests and also to find the ability of difficult laryngoscopy to predict difficult intubation. ⋯ Modified Mallampati test was better for predicting difficult laryngoscopy compared to other bedside screening tests. Difficult laryngoscop could significantly predict difficult intubation in our patients.