Necdet SÜT, Selman ÇIKMAZ, Murat KARGI, Alkin ÇOLAK, Bülent Sabri CİGALİ, Dilek MEMİŞ, Ali YILMAZ

What can anthropometric measurements tell us about mallampati classification?

Giriş: Mallampati skoru entübasyon ile ilgili olası sorunları tahmin etmek için en yaygın kullanılan yöntemidir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, modifiye Mallampati skoru (MMS) ile yüz antropometrik ölçümler arasındaki ilişkiyi araştırmaktır. Metod: Çalışma 153 erkek ve 170 kadın gönüllü ile (ortalama yaş, 48,9 ± 16,9 ve 44,1 ± 15,4 yıl, sırasıyla) yapıldı. Tüm katılımcılar pre-operatif ziyareti sırasında Mallampati skoru değerlendirmesi ve yüz antropometrik ölçümleri yapıldı. Antropometrik ölçümler arasında kesici dişler arası mesafe, alt yüz yüksekliği, tirogonial uzunluk, tiromental mesafe ve bigonial mesafe vardı. MMS ile antropometrik ölçümler arasındaki ilişki istatistiksel analizi ile araştırıldı. Sonuç: Bigonial mesafe MMS ile pozitif korelasyon olduğu gözlendi kesici dişler arası mesafe, alt yüz yüksekliği ve tiromental mesafe negatif korelasyon göstermekteydi (r = 0.857 p

Antropometrik ölçümler mallampati sınıflaması hakkında ne söyleyebilir?

Objective: Mallampati scoring is the most common examination method for predicting possible intubation problems. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship of facial anthropometric measurements with the modified Mallampati score (MMS). Material and Methods: The study population consisted of 153 male and 170 female volunteers (mean ages, 48,9±16,9 and 44,1±15,4 years, respectively). All participants were subjected to Mallampati scoring and facial anthropometric measurements during pre-operative visit. Anthropometric measurements included inter-incisor gap, lower face height, thyrogonial length, thyromental distance and bigonial distance. The relationship of anthropometric measurements with the MMS was investigated by statistical analysis. Results: Bigonial distance showed a positive correlation with the MMS (r=0.857; p

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