title: Difficult intubation: a prospective study.
abstract: Difficult intubation has been much discussed in the anaesthetic literature. The incidence of difficult intubation (11:560) was higher in obstetric patients (6:277) as compared to gynaecological patients (5:283) in our hospital. We tested the Mallampati's classification as a predictor of difficult intubation in 277 obstetric and 283 gynaecological patients. We recommend that Mallampati's classification can be used reliably (p less than 0.05) to predict difficult intubation in obstetric but not in gynaecological patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Kandang Kerbau Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Yeo
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000770:Anesthesia, Endotracheal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal