• Anaesthesia · Sep 2004

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial

    Interobserver reliability between a nurse and anaesthetist of tests used for predicting difficult tracheal intubation.

    • W G Hilditch, A Kopka, J M Crawford, and A J Asbury.
    • Consultant, Department of Anaesthesia, Gartnavel General Hospital, 30 Shelley Court, Glasgow, G12 0YN, UK. Graeme.Hilditch@NorthGlasgow.Scot.nhs.uk
    • Anaesthesia. 2004 Sep 1;59(9):881-4.

    AbstractWe examined the interobserver reliability, between a nurse and anaesthetist, of five tests used to predict difficult tracheal intubation: mouth opening; thyromental distance; head and neck movement; mandibular luxation; and assessment of oropharyngeal view. For each test, an anaesthetic nurse and a specialist registrar anaesthetist were trained to use a standard method of examination. Most of the tests had either good or very good reliability. Assessment of mouth opening demonstrated only moderate reliability and assessment of oropharyngeal view demonstrated poor reliability. The interobserver reliability estimates between a nurse and an anaesthetist are similar to those previously demonstrated between two anaesthetists.

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