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  2. Cormack–Lehane classification system - Wikipedia

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    Grade Description Approximate frequency Likelihood of difficult intubation 1: Full view of glottis: 68–74% <1% 2a: Partial view of glottis: 21–24%: 4.3–13.4% 2b: Only posterior extremity of glottis seen or only arytenoid cartilages: 3.3–6.5%: 65–67.4% 3: Only epiglottis seen, none of glottis seen: 1.2–1.6%: 80–87.5% 4: Neither ...

  3. Mallampati score - Wikipedia

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    While Mallampati classes I and II are associated with relatively easy intubation, classes III and IV are associated with increased difficulty. A systematic review of 42 studies, with 34,513 participants, found that the modified Mallampati score is a good predictor of difficult direct laryngoscopy and intubation, but poor at predicting difficult ...

  4. Rapid sequence induction - Wikipedia

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    In anaesthesia and advanced airway management, rapid sequence induction (RSI) – also referred to as rapid sequence intubation or as rapid sequence induction and intubation (RSII) or as crash induction [1] – is a special process for endotracheal intubation that is used where the patient is at a high risk of pulmonary aspiration.

  5. Tracheal intubation - Wikipedia

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    Tracheal intubation, usually simply referred to as intubation, is the placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea (windpipe) to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit through which to administer certain drugs.

  6. General anaesthesia - Wikipedia

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    General anaesthesia is usually performed in an operating theatre to allow surgical procedures that would otherwise be intolerably painful for a patient, or in an intensive care unit or emergency department to facilitate endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients. Depending on the procedure, general anaesthesia ...

  7. History of tracheal intubation - Wikipedia

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    The first detailed descriptions on tracheal intubation and subsequent artificial respiration of animals were from Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) of Brussels. In his landmark book published in 1543, De humani corporis fabrica , he described an experiment in which he passed a reed into the trachea of a dying animal whose thorax had been opened ...

  8. Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test - Wikipedia

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    The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or the FCAT/FCAT 2.0, was the standardized test used in the primary and secondary public schools of Florida. First administered statewide in 1998, [ 1 ] it replaced the State Student Assessment Test (SSAT) and the High School Competency Test (HSCT).

  9. Intubation - Wikipedia

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    Intubation (sometimes entubation) is a medical procedure involving the insertion of a tube into the body. Most commonly, intubation refers to tracheal intubation , a procedure during which an endotracheal tube is inserted into the trachea to support patient ventilation.