Upper lip bite test versus Modified Mallampati classification in predicting difficult laryngoscopy and/or intubation among morbidly obese patients

J Clin Anesth. 2020 Aug:63:109761. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.109761. Epub 2020 Mar 6.

Authors

Freda Richa¹, Viviane Chalhoub², Wissam Bou Gebrayel², Christine El-Hage², Patricia El Jamal², Patricia Yazbeck²

Affiliations

¹ Saint-Joseph University, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: fredrich24@yahoo.com.
² Saint-Joseph University, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, Beirut, Lebanon.

PMID: 32146347
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.109761

No abstract available

Keywords: Difficult intubation; Difficult laryngoscopy; Modified Mallampati classification; Morbidly obese patients; Upper lip bite test.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects
Laryngoscopy*
Lip
Obesity, Morbid* / complications
Predictive Value of Tests