Comparative Evaluation of Difficult Intubation Predictors in Children Under Two Years of Ages.
Sedighe ShahhosseiniMohammad MontaseryMohammadali SaadatiDorsa BeheshtiparvarPublished in: Anesthesiology and pain medicine (2021)
We found that IDS > 4, age< 6-month, weight < 5/9 kg, and SMD < 5/3 cm are predictors for difficult intubation. It is helpful for the anesthesiologist to measure these predictions before anesthesia is started to find who has difficult intubation.