Ronald Sidney Cormack
Ronald Sidney Cormack (1930 – )
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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
eponym
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