Ronald Sidney Cormack

Biography

• Born
• Died

Medical Eponyms

Cormack-Lehane scoring system (1984)

Classification describes the best glottic view possible at laryngoscopy:

• Grade I: complete glottis visible
• Grade II: anterior glottis not seen
• Grade III: epiglottis seen, but not glottis
• Grade IV: epiglottis not seen

Controversies

Major Publications

• Cormack RS, Lehane J. Difficult tracheal intubation in obstetrics. Anaesthesia. 1984; 39(11): 1105-11.

References

• Samsoon GLT, Young JRB. Difficult tracheal intubation: a retrospective study, Anaesthesia 1987; 42: 487
• Wilson ME et al. Predicting difficult intubation. Br J Anaesth. 1988 Aug;61(2):211-6.
• Bond A. Obesity and difficult intubation. Anaesth Intensive Care. 1993 Dec;21(6):828-30.
• Maltby R. Notable Names in Anaesthesia. The Choir Press; pp 43-45 (2013)
• Laryngoscopy technique. Anaesthesia UK