Predictors of difficult tracheal intubation on adult elective patients in a teaching hospital

Abstract

Received: July 25, 2016 Revised: October 07, 2016 Accepted: October 13, 2016 Abstract: Background: During routine preoperative assessment of patients one of the commonest practices is predicting difficulty of tracheal intubation from various factors detected. Whether the factors reliably predict the difficulty is subject of argument. This study was conducted to assess the predictors of difficult tracheal intubation in adult patients.