Land mark articles in "Airway Assessment"

Mallampati score

1. Mallampati, SR et al (Jul 1985). A clinical sign to predict difficult tracheal intubation: a prospective study. 1985. Canadian Anaesthetists' Society Journal 32 (4): 429–34.

2. Lundstrøm LH et al. Poor prognostic value of the modified Mallampati score: a meta-analysis involving 177 088 patients. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2011; 107 (5): 659–67. 

3. Lee A et al. A systematic review (meta-analysis) of the accuracy of the Mallampati tests to predict the difficult airway. Anesth Analg 2006; 102: 1867 – 78.

 

Cormac Lehane score

1. Cormac RS, Lehane J. Difficult tracheal intubation in obsteatrics. Anaesthesia 1984;39,1105-1111.

2. Cook, T. M. A new practical classification of laryngeal view. Anaesthesia 2000, 55: 274–279.

 

Wison score

1. Wilson ME etal. Predicting difficult intubation. Br J Anaesth 1988. 61;211-16.

 

 

 

Compiled by-

Dr Sananta K Dash