Sternomental Distance as the Sole Predictor of Difficult Laryngoscopy in Obstetric Anesthesia

Comparison of Upper Lip Bite Test With Modified Mallampati Test and Thyromental Distance for Predicting Difficulty in Endotracheal Intubation- A Prospective Study

“…The negative predictive value of TMD was 95.36% which is comparable to the study done by Freda Richa et al (94%). 6 On comparing these three tests, MMT was (60%) found to be more sensitive than ULBT (30%) and TMD (10%), although these tests had high specificity and NPV. Difference in the sensitivity between these three tests was found to be statistically significant.…”

“…In the present study, incidence of difficult intubation was found to be 5% (ten cases of difficult intubation out of two hundred patients) which is comparable to the results obtained by Frerk and Savva. 5,6 Out of these 10 cases, 3 cases were intubated with the help of a stylet and remaining 7 cases were intubated with the help of a bougie.…”

Radiological Predictors of Difficult Intubation- A Prospective Study

“…Although prediction and forecasting are a tough task, prediction of difficult laryngoscopy and intubation has gained importance because of the serious consequences of failed tracheal intubation. 7 Nevertheless, no clinical test or system of tests (multifactorial prediction concept) [8][9][10][11][12] has proved to be completely sensitive or specific for the difficult laryngoscopic intubation. Even with the use of multivariate factors there have been instances where a patient predicted to have difficult intubation had an easy intubation and vice versa.…”

A comparison of Mallampati scoring, upper lip bite test and sternomental distance in predicting difficult intubation

“…[3][4][5][6][7] The incidence of abandoned/failed intubation is approximately 0.05%-0.35%. 8 Endotracheal intubation may be difficult due to coexisting diseases or abnormal physical features like restricted neck or jaw movements.…”