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Early identification of patients at risk of difficult intubation in the ICU: development and validation of the MACOCHA score in a multicenter cohort study
Critical Care volume 17, Article number: P157 (2013)
Methods
Data collected in a prospective multicenter-study from 1,000 consecutive intubations from 42 ICUs were used to develop a simplified score of DI, which was then validated externally in 400 consecutive intubation procedures from 18 other ICUs and internally by bootstrap on 1,000 iterations.
Results
In multivariate analysis, the main predictors of DI (incidence = 11.3%) were related to the patient (Mallampati score III or IV, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, reduced mobility of cervical spine, limited mouth opening), to pathology (severe hypoxia, coma) and to the operator (non-anesthesiologist). From the β-parameter, a seven-item simplified score (MACOCHA score; Table 1) was built, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.89 (95% CI = 0.85 to 0.94). In the validation cohort (prevalence of DI = 8%), the AUC was of 0.86 (95% CI = 0.76 to 0.96), with a sensitivity of 73%, a specificity of 89%, a negative predictive value of 98% and a positive predictive value of 36%. After internal validation by bootstrap, the AUC was 0.89 (95% CI = 0.86 to 0.93). Severe life-threatening events (severe hypoxia, collapse, cardiac arrest or death) occurred in 38% of the 1,000 cases. Patients with DI (n = 113) had significantly higher severe life-threatening complications than those who had a non-DI (51% vs. 36%, P < 0.0001).
Conclusion
DI in ICU is strongly associated with severe life-threatening complications. A simple score including seven clinical items discriminates difficult and non-DI in ICU.
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De Jong, A., Molinari, N., Terzi, N. et al. Early identification of patients at risk of difficult intubation in the ICU: development and validation of the MACOCHA score in a multicenter cohort study. Crit Care 17 (Suppl 2), P157 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/cc12095
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