BACKGROUND Pregnancy-induced anatomical and physiological changes in the airway make airway management difficult in obstetric patients; thus, preoperative evaluation of the airway is important for obstetric patients. AIMS To determine the effectiveness of the modified Mallampati test; the interincisor, sternomental and thyromental distances and the upper limb bite test. The second aim was to ...

Introduction: This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between Mallampati score, biting the upper lip as well as 2-3-3 maneuver with body anthropometric factors in different population of society. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted during the years 2014-2015 in Yazd, Iran. The subjects using simple randomized sampling method, and they were included in study after o...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Difficulty intubating is a cause of mortality in anesthesiology and it can be related to obesity. The diagnosis of difficult intubation contributes for successful airways management. However, parameters that predict difficult airways are not well established. Mallampati classification, the interincisor gap, neck circumference, thyromental distance, and the presence of ...

Background: Difficulty in management of the airway occurs most frequently in patients who have Mallampati grade III and IV, and other unfavourable airway findings like short neck, restriction in range of motion of the temporomandibular joints and inadequate neck flexion and extension. Because of unavailability of fibreoptic bronchoscopes or inexperience in their use, laryngeal mask airway (LMA)...

Airway difficulties are a major concern for anesthesiologists. Even though fiberoptic intubation is the generally accepted method for management of difficult airways, it is not without disadvantages-requires patient cooperation, and cannot be performed on soiled airway or upper airways with pre-existing narrowing pathology. Additionally, fiberoptic bronchoscopy is not available at every medical...

We studied 60 ASA I patients with Mallampati grade 1 airways to compare emergency intubating conditions with either alfentanil 20 micrograms kg-1, propofol 2.5 mg kg-1 and vecuronium 0.1 mg kg-1, or with thiopentone 5 mg kg-1 and suxamethonium 1 mg kg-1. Ease of laryngoscopy, vocal cord status and cough response were graded. The trachea of all patients was intubated; 83% of patients in the alfe...

Abstract Background Routine preoperative methods to assess airway such as the interincisor distance (IID), Mallampati classification, and upper lip bite test (ULBT) have a certain risk of respiratory tract exposure virus spread. Condyle-tragus maximal distance(C-TMD) can be used airway, does not require patient expose tract, but its value in predicting difficult laryngoscopy compared other indi...

case 1 A 30‐year‐old male patient presented with ankylosing spondylitis and kyphosis for posterior ostomy, correction, and internal fixation. Physical examination showed fixed extension deformity of the neck with no movement, restricted mouth opening with Mallampati Grade III. The patient could not lie flat and denied snoring at night. Difficult laryngoscopy was anticipated due to stiffness of ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Safe airway management is the cornerstone of contemporary anaesthesia practice, and difficult intubation (DI) remains a major cause of anaesthetic morbidity and mortality. The surgical category, particularly cardiac surgery as a risk factor for DI has not been studied extensively. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis whether cardiac surgical patients are at incre...

Objective: To validate modified mallampati test with addition of thyromental distance and sternomental in prediction difficult endotracheal intubation adults presenting surgical emergency. Study Deign: Prospective, single-blinded observational study Place duration: Department Anesthesia intensive care Nishtar Hospital, Multan from August 2021 to January 2022 one year duration. Methodology: A to...