Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Mar 1997
Clinical Trial[Relationship between laryngoscopy degree and intubation difficulty].
To determine the relation between difficult intubation and grade of direct laryngoscopy, as well as the factors that influence them, and prognosis. ⋯ The fact that cases of easy laryngoscopy coincide with difficult intubation suggests that, to the degree of intubation difficulty must be added extrinsic factors (individual skill, maneuvers performed, instrumentation, relaxation of the laryngeal musculature and others) that are hard to standardize and reflect when predicting an intubation by the grade of difficulty in laryngoscopy.