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Can Bedside Assessment Tests Predict Difficult Intubation in Oral Cancer Surgery Patients: A Prospective Observational Study

Kavitha Lakshman , Sumitha CS1 , Kavitha Lakshman2 , Mamatha HS3 , Rachana ND4 , Rashmi NR5 , Namrata Ranganath6

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Indian Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia 6(4):p 1207-1213, July-August 2019. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijaa.2349.8471.6419.23

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Sumitha CS, Kavitha Lakshman, Mamatha HS. Can Bedside Assessment Tests Predict Difficult Intubation in Oral Cancer Surgery Patients: A Prospective Observational Study. Indian J Anesth Analg. 2019;6(4):1207-1213

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Background: We evaluated usefulness of Mallampati test, Inter incisor distance, Thyromental distance and Sternomental distance in predicting difficult intubation in oral cancer surgery patients. Methods: Preoperatively, assessment of airway predictors was done in 111 patients undergoing oral cancer surgery. Difficult intubation was defined as Cormark and Lehane grading of grade 3 & 4. Results: Incidence of difficult intubation was found to be 18% patients. By using Receiver operating characteristic analysis, Inter incisor distance < 2.55 cm, Thyromental distance < 8.75 cm were found to be the cut off points of difficult intubation. Sensitivity and specificity for predicting difficult intubation by Interincisor distance was 60% and 78% respectively with a positive predictive value of 39% and with higher negative predictive value of 89%. AUC (area under curve) with 95% confident interval showed 0.69% for Inter incisor distance, 0.64% for Thyromental distance and 0.57% with Sternomental distance. Conclusions: Inter incisor distance and Mallampati grading was a better predictor compared to other parameters and Sternomental distance showed the least significance in predicting a difficult airway in oral cancer surgery patients.

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Sumitha CS, Kavitha Lakshman, Mamatha HS. Can Bedside Assessment Tests Predict Difficult Intubation in Oral Cancer Surgery Patients: A Prospective Observational Study. Indian J Anesth Analg. 2019;6(4):1207-1213

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Oral cancer surgery; Difficult intubation; Bedside assessment test; Mallampatti grading; Inter incisor distance.

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