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Anesthesiology

a grading of how much of the soft palate, fauces and uvula is visible with the mouth open and tongue out, used to predict difficult intubation.

In anesthesiology, Mallampati classification refers to a grading of how much of the soft palate, fauces and uvula is visible with the mouth open and tongue out, used to predict difficult intubation. This meaning comes from Mallampati (1985) in Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal.[1]

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Mallampati, S. R., Gatt, S. P., Gugino, L. D., Desai, S. P., Waraksa, B., Freiberger, D., & Liu, P. L. (1985). A clinical sign to predict difficult tracheal intubation; a prospective study. Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal, 32(4), 429-434. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03011357

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