Preoperative bedside test indicators as predictors of difficult video laryngoscopy in obese patients: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with difficult video laryngoscopy in obese patients.

Methods

A total of 579 obese patients undergoing elective laparoscopic weight loss surgery were intubated with a single-lumen endotracheal tube using a video laryngoscopy under general anesthesia, and the patients were divided into two groups based on the Cormack-Lehane classification (difficult video laryngoscopy defined as ≥ 3): the easy video laryngoscopy group and the difficult video laryngoscopy group. Record the general condition of the patient, bedside testing indicators related to the airway, Cormack-Lehane classification during intubation, and intubation failure rate.

Results

The findings of this study show that the incidence of difficult vide

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11330635 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature