MACOCHA Score

Highest possible score: 12

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Highest possible score: 12

Mallampati score III or IV

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Reduced mobility of cervical spine

Limited mouth opening, > 3 cm

Coma

Severe hypoxemia (< 80%)

Nonanesthesiologist

References

A. De Jong. How to improve intubation in the intensive care unit. Update on knowledge and devices. Intensive Care Medicine, 2022
J. Mosier. Tracheal Intubation in the Critically Ill: Where We Came From and Where We Should Go.. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2020
T M Cook. Consensus guidelines for managing the airway in patients with COVID-19: Guidelines from the Difficult Airway Society, the Association of Anaesthetists the Intensive Care Society, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and the Royal College of Anaesthetists.. Anaesthesia, 2020
Audrey De Jong. Video laryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy for orotracheal intubation in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Intensive care medicine, 2014
A. De Jong. Early identification of patients at risk for difficult intubation in the intensive care unit: development and validation of the MACOCHA score in a multicenter cohort study.. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2013