Comparison between single-dose suxamethonium and rocuronium after pretreatment with dexmedetomidine in rapid sequence induction

Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 1 Intubating condition scale

Assessed variable	Intubating conditions
Assessed variable	Excellent	Good	Poor
Laryngoscopy^†	Easy	Fair	Difficult
Vocal cord view	Abducted	Intermediate	Adducted
Patient reaction to the intubation and cuff inflation (coughing, diaphragmatic contraction)	None	Fair‡	Aggressive and sustained§

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Intubating conditions are excellent when all variables are excellent; good (all variables are excellent or good); and poor (at least a single variable under “poor”)
^†Laryngoscopy: easy (jaw relaxed, smooth laryngoscope blade insertion); fair (jaw is semi-relaxed, mild resistance to laryngoscope blade insertion); and difficult (jaw is not relaxed, patient is resisting the insertion of the laryngoscope blade)
^‡Not more than 2 weak contractions and/or movement for less than 5 s
^§More than 2 contractions and /or movement for more than 5 s