Research Article

Magnitude and Predisposing Factors of Difficult Airway during Induction of General Anaesthesia

Table 5

Difficult intubation and difficult airway predictors.

Variables Sensitivity Specificity PVPTPVNTArea value95% CI interval
UpperLower

OPV75%91.7%48.4%97.2%0.834<0.0010.7190.948
JSD65%81.8%27.1%95.7%0.7340.0010.6070.861
ILL75%81.8%30%96.9%0.784<0.0010.6690.898
Combined35%97.9%63.6%97.9%0.6650.0150.5170.812
SMD50%71.4%15.4%93.2%0.6070.1240.4720.742
MBL35%85.9%20.6%92.7%0.6050.1160.4630.764
TMD40%52.1%8%89.3%0.4600.5600.3290.592