[Evaluation of bedside tests and proposal of a model for predicting difficult laryngoscopy: an observational prospective study].

CONCLUSIONS: A five-variable model incorporating MLC, ULBT, HE, HMD-HE and R-NC/TMD showed satisfyingly high predictive value for difficult laryngoscopy. A model including R-NC/TMD and HMD-HE could be useful in incapable patients. The most accurate single predictor was HE. PMID: 32482358 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia - June 3, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Rev Bras Anestesiol Source Type: research

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