The best visible Mallampati score-too good to be true?

Emma Paxton¹, Matteo Parotto^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.
² Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. matteo.parotto@uhn.ca.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. matteo.parotto@uhn.ca.
⁴ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. matteo.parotto@uhn.ca.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, EN3-200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada. matteo.parotto@uhn.ca.

Editorial

Emma Paxton et al. Can J Anaesth. 2024 Oct.

. 2024 Oct;71(10):1339-1343.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-024-02814-1. Epub 2024 Aug 15.

Emma Paxton¹, Matteo Parotto^{2

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¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.
² Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. matteo.parotto@uhn.ca.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. matteo.parotto@uhn.ca.
⁴ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. matteo.parotto@uhn.ca.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, EN3-200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada. matteo.parotto@uhn.ca.

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