Prediction and Management of Difficult Tracheal Intubation
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There have been various attempts at defining what is meant by a difficult intubation. Repeated attempts at intubation, the use of a bougie or other intubation aid have been used in some papers, but perhaps the most widely used classification is by Cormack and Lehane [1] which describes the best view of the larynx seen at laryngoscopy (figure 1). This should be recorded in the patient’s notes whenever an Dr I H Wilson, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, EX2 5DW
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