Guidelines for sedation and anesthesia in GI endoscopy Dayna S. Early, MD, FASGE, Jenifer R. Lightdale, MD, MPH, FASGE, John J. Vargo, MD, MPH, FASGE, Ruben D. Acosta, MD, Vinay Chandrasekhara, MD, Krishnavel V. Chathadi, MD, John A. Evans, MD, Deborah A. Fisher, MD, MHS, FASGE, Lisa Fonkalsrud, BSN, RN, CGRN, Joo Ha Hwang, MD, PhD, FASGE, Mouen A. Khashab, MD, V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, FASGE, Shabana F. Pasha, MD, FASGE, John R. Saltzman, MD, FASGE, Amandeep K. Shergill, MD, Brooks D. Cash, MD, FASGE, John M. DeWitt, MD, FASGE Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Volume 87, Issue 2, Pages 327-337 (February 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2017.07.018 Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 The Mallampati Classification. Class I: soft palate, fauces, uvula, pillars. Class II: soft palate, fauces, portion of uvula. Class III: soft palate, base of uvula. Class IV: hard palate only. The original figure was first published in the article “Multisociety sedation curriculum for gastrointestinal endoscopy” Gastrointest Endosc 2012;76:el-25 and is reused with permission. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2018 87, 327-337DOI: (10.1016/j.gie.2017.07.018) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions