The major concern of the anesthetist is an unexpected difficult intubation. Difficult intubation requires the manipulation of external laryngeal. The difficult intubation requires more than three attempts at intubation. The difficult intubation means the inability to intubate using all the available methods. In this study the patients were divided into intubation group and normal group depending upon the IDS score. Along with the 7 assessment factors and total airway score, that I was going to be the sum of all the factors, were compared between two groups to see which method effectively predicts the difficult endotracheal intubation before it could provide. 

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Azzam S Alayed

Respiratory Therapist