DIFFICULTY  SCORE

 

 

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 The execution time compared to the degree of Cormack Lehane score is a parameter to evaluate the difficulty of intubation.

The difficulty Score indicates three degrees at run-time, allowing easy comparison with a score of Cormack-Lehane.



 

 

 

                   Difficulty Score (SD) ( Exwcution Time )

 1 ( Within 1 minute )  2 ( Within 3 minutes )  3 ( up 3 minutes )


 

 

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Results refer to 314 total procedures

263 performed for standardization and  training

(Cormack I-II) and

 52 for unexpected difficulties (Cormack III-IV)

 



 

                            

 

 

 

 

Result Combinated Tecnique –Total Cases

 


 

 

Cases

 

Success

 

Failures

 

Traumatic

Injuries

 

Percentage

Success

 

Percentage

Failures

SaO2

95–100%

Percentage

SaO2

95–100%

Combined Technique

 

 

 

  314

 

  314

 

     0

 

0

 

100

 

0

 

314

 

100

 





 

Difficulty Score (SD)

 

 

valid

Frequency

Percentage

Percentage valid

Percentage cumulative

 

1

253

80,6

80,6

80,6

2

53

16,9

16,9

97,5

3

8

2,5

2,5

100,0

total

314

100,0

100,0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Cormak Lehane Index (ICL)

 

valid

Frequency

Percentage

Percentage valid

Percentage cumulative

   

      1

180

57,3

57,3

57,3

2

83

26,4

26,4

83,8

3

42

13,4

13,4

97,1

4

9

2,9

2,9

100,0

total

314

100,0

100,0

 

 



 

 

Effectiveness of the combined technique 

 

       

 

Difficulty Score (SD)-Cormack- Lehane Index (ICL)