RT Book, Section
A1 Sachs, Adam
A2 Atchabahian, Arthur
A2 Gupta, Ruchir
SR Print(0)
ID 57260211
T1 Chapter 2. Predicting Difficult Mask Ventilation and Intubation
T2 The Anesthesia Guide
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176049-2
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57260211
RD 2024/04/23
AB Overall  incidence  of  difficult  mask  ventilation  (DMV)  is  1.4%  with  impossible  mask  ventilation  (IMV)  0.15%Obesity,  snoring,  and  lack  of  teeth  can  probably  be  overcome  with  simple  airway  maneuvers,  which  is  why  they  are  not  risk  factors  for  IMV:Lack  of  teeth  actually  makes  DL  and  intubation  easierNeck  circumference  (>  50  or  60  cm  at  the  level  of  the  cricoid  cartilage)  is  the  most  predictive  factor  of  IMVPatients  with  three  or  more  risk  factors  have  a  much  higher  likelihood  of  being  IMV  (odds  ratio  8.9)Most  patients  (75%)  who  are  IMV  will  be  easy  to  intubate