Moderately accurate, depending on which tool you use. Questionnaires, physical examination, and clinical prediction rules estimate the pretest probability of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), but are not specific enough to make the diagnosis. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale is a reliable measure of daytime sleepiness. The Berlin Questionnaire, Mallampati score, and truncal obesity...

Introducción: la apnea obstructiva del sueño es una patología respiratoria caracterizada por paradas de respiración forma repetida durante el sueño. Esta está relacionada con los trastornos hipertensivos, pudiendo agravarlos.
 Objetivo: determinar perfil un paciente hipertenso bajo sospecha clínica en Centro Diagnóstico y Medicina Avanzada Conferencias Médicas Telemedicina (CEDIMAT) period...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare clinical screening tests (modified Mallampati score, Cormack-Lehane score, thyromental distance, and sternomental distance) with ultrasonic measurements of the upper airway in predicting difficult intubation in pregnant women whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is higher and lower than 30 kg m-2. METHODS This study was designed as a prospective observati...

Knudsen, K. 2016. Airway management in anaesthesia care. – professional and patient perspectives. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1205. 56 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9534-3. Background: Careful airway management, including tracheal intubation, is important when performing anaesthesia in order to achieve safe...