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Volume 133, Issue 2 , Pages 675-701 , August 2007

AGA Institute Review of Endoscopic Sedation

Lawrence B. Cohen
- The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
- Address requests for reprints to: Chair, Clinical Practice and Quality Management Committee, AGA Institute National Office, c/o Membership Department, 4930 Del Ray Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. fax: (301) 654-5920.
Mark H. DeLegge
- Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
James Aisenberg
- The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
Joel V. Brill
- Predictive Health, LLC, Phoenix, Arizona
John M. Inadomi
- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Michael L. Kochman
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joseph D. Piorkowski Jr
- The Piorkowski Law Firm, Washington, District of Columbia

Mallampati score used to predict difficult intubation. This system emphasizes the importance of the base of the tongue in predicting difficulty with laryngoscopy. If the faucial pillars and uvula cann

Mallampati score used to predict difficult intubation. This system emphasizes the importance of the base of the tongue in predicting difficulty with laryngoscopy. If the faucial pillars and uvula cannot be adequately visualized on maximal mouth opening (Mallampati III and IV), visualization of the glottis is likely to be more difficult.
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This literature review and the recommendations therein were prepared for the AGA Institute Clinical Practice and Economics Committee by the AGA Institute Sedation Subcommittee. The paper was approved by the Committee on April 26, 2007, and by the AGA Institute Governing Board on May 19, 2007.

PII: S0016-5085(07)01115-8

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.06.002

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Volume 133, Issue 2 , Pages 675-701 , August 2007