Clinical versus Ultrasound Measurements of Hyomental Distance Ratio for the Prediction of Difficult Airway in Patients with and without Morbid Obesity

Diagnostics
Cristina PetrișorConstantin Bodolea

Abstract

To describe the correlation between clinically measured hyomental distance ratio (HMDRclin) and the ultrasound measurement (HMDRecho) in patients with and without morbid obesity and to compare their diagnostic accuracy for difficult airway prediction. HMDRclin and HMDRecho were recorded the day before surgery in 160 consecutive consenting patients. Laryngoscopy was performed by a skilled anesthesiologist, with grades III and IV Cormack-Lehane being considered difficult views of the glottis. Linear regression was used to assess the correlation between HMDRclin and HDMRecho and receiver operating curve analysis was used to compare the performance of the two for predicting difficult airway. The linear correlation between HMDRclin and HDMRecho in patients without morbid obesity had a Pearson coefficient of 0.494, while for patients with morbid obesity this was 0.14. A slightly higher area under the curve for HMDRecho was oberved: 0.64 (5%CI 0.56-0.71) versus 0.52 (95%CI, 0.44-0.60) (p = 0.34). The association between HMDRclin and HDMRecho is moderate in patients without morbid obesity, but negligible in morbidly obese patients. These might be explained by difficulties in palpating anatomical structures of the airway.

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