Gunawardana R H
Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Br J Anaesth. 1996 Jun;76(6):757-9. doi: 10.1093/bja/76.6.757.
We studied prospectively 800 paediatric patients undergoing repair of cleft lip and palate to determine the predictors of difficult laryngoscopy. The incidence of difficult laryngoscopy (Cormack and Lehane grade III and IV) was 2.95% in patients with unilateral cleft lip, 45.76% in bilateral cleft lip and 34.61% in patients with retrognathia. Tracheal intubation was successful in 99% of patients in whom laryngoscopy was difficult. There was a significant association between age and laryngoscopic view (P < 0.01).
我们对800例接受唇腭裂修复术的儿科患者进行了前瞻性研究，以确定困难喉镜检查的预测因素。单侧唇裂患者中困难喉镜检查（Cormack和Lehane III级及IV级）的发生率为2.95%，双侧唇裂患者中为45.76%，小颌患者中为34.61%。在喉镜检查困难的患者中，99%的患者气管插管成功。年龄与喉镜视野之间存在显著关联（P<0.01）。
