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Mallampati Score
Aka: Mallampati Score, Mallampati Classification
- See Also
- Tonsillar Hypertrophy Grading Scale
- Indication
- Anesthesiology evaluation to assess ease of intubation
- Sleep Apnea evaluation (experimental)
- Exam
- Assess Tonsil and Tonsillar fossa visibility
- View pharynx with mouth open at rest
- No phonation
- No protrusion of Tongue
- Scoring
- Class 1: Entire Tonsil clearly visible
- Class 2: Upper half of Tonsil fossa visible
- Class 3: Soft and Hard Palate clearly visible
- Class 4: Only Hard Palate visible
- Images

- Interpretation
- Higher Mallampati Score (Type 4) is higher risk
- More difficult intubation
- Associated with Sleep Apnea
- Resources
- Global Anesthesiology Server Network (GASNet)
- http://gasnet.med.yale.edu/airway/rec07.htm
- References
- Mallampati (1985) Can Anaesth Soc J 32(4):429-34 [PubMed]