The study, titled “Accurate Classification of Difficult Intubation by Computerized Facial Analysis,” looked at 80 male patients who were divided into two groups, each group consisting of 20 easy and 20 challenging intubations. Photographs of each subject’s face were analyzed by software that resolved each face into 61 facial proportions using an algorithm.
The best model of classification included three facial parameters and thyromental distance, correctly classifying 70 of the 80 subjects.
Read the abstract in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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