MODIFIED MALLAMPATI CLASSIFICATION SCORE- A SIMPLE TOOL FOR PREDICTING TOLERANCE IN UNSEDATED OESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY

Modified mallampati classification in determining the success of unsedated transesophageal echocardiography procedure in patients with heart disease: simple but efficient

BACKGROUND The transesophageal echocardiograhpy (TEE) has been studied worldwide. However, identifying additional factors on top of operator's experience and patient's cooperation which could influence the success of the procedure in unsedated patients with heart disease  is not well documented. METHODS Under the cross-sectional descriptive design, 85 target patients were fulfilling the crite...

Erratum to: Modified mallampati classification in determining the success of unsedated transesophageal echocardiography procedure in patients with heart disease: simple but efficient

In this version of this article that was originally published [1] there is an error in the Results section whereby “during June 2012 to June 2013” should have been “during June 2013 to June 2014”. Therefore the sentence “There were 85 eligible patients during June 2012 to June 2013.” Should have been “There were 85 eligible patients during June 2013 to June 2014.” There is also the same error i...

Modified mallampati classification as a clinical predictor of peroral esophagogastroduodenoscopy tolerance

BACKGROUND Unsedated esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is simpler and safer than sedated EGD; however, approximately 40% of patients cannot tolerate it. Early identification of patients likely to poorly tolerate unsedated EGD is valuable for improving compliance. The modified Mallampati classification (MMC) has been used to evaluate difficult tracheal intubation and laryngoscope insertion. We tr...

Increase in Mallampati score during pregnancy.

A photographic version of the Mallampati test was developed and applied to 242 pregnant patients at 12 weeks' gestation and again at 38 weeks' gestation. At 38 weeks the number of grade 4 cases had increased by 34% (P < 0.001). This is in agreement with other evidence which suggests that difficult laryngoscopy is slightly more frequent in obstetrics (1.7%) than in general surgery (1.3%). The in...

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