The Intubation Difficulty Scale (IDS)

Adnet, Frédéric; W. Borron, Stephen; Racine, S.X.; Clemessy, Jean-Luc; L. Fournier, J.; Plaisance, Patrick; Lapandry, C

doi:10.1097/00000542-199712000-00005

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The Intubation Difficulty Scale (IDS)

Published in Anesthesiology • Dec 1, 1997

Authors:

Frédéric Adnet

Stephen W. Borron

S.X. Racine

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A quantitative scale of intubation difficulty would be useful for objectively comparing the complexity of endotracheal intubations. The authors have developed a quantitative score that can be used to evaluate intubating conditions and techniques with the aim of determining the relative v...

Subject

Medicine

Intubation

Visual analogue scale

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