Abstract

The accurate assessment of the airway is one of the most important skills an anesthesia practitioner should perfect. A difficult intubation is often defined as a Cormack Lehane (CL) grade of III or IV in adult patients. The reported frequency of difficult intubation or CL grade III and IV is 12.35% and 9% in those undergoing a general anesthetic.1 Several assessments and scoring systems are used by anesthesia providers with the goal of identifying a potentially difficult intubation.

Chance Buttars

Author Details

Chance Buttars, DNAP, CRNA, chance.buttars@bryanhealthcollege.edu

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Non-member

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Other Graduate Paper

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Other

Research Approach

Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice

Keywords:

Airway Assessment, Mallampati Test, Upper Lip Bite Test, Difficult Intubation

Advisor

Hadenfeldt, Sharon

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

Bryan College of Health Sciences

Degree Year

2018

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