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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0035-0052</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de pediatría]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. pediatr.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0035-0052</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Pediatría A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0035-00522019000400162</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Escalas predictoras para identificar vía aérea difícil en población pediátrica: su utilidad en el servicio de urgencias]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Predictive scales to identify difficult airway in the pediatric population: usefulness in the Emergency Department]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Figueroa-Uribe]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Flavio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Razo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Omar]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vega-Rangel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Valentina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Méndez-Trejo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Víctor]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ferrer-López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maribel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Chávez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Norma Araceli]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Pediátrico de Peralvillo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Pediatría  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Salud del Estado de México Hospital General de Cuautitlán &#8220;Gral. José Vicente Villada&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cuautitlán Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital de Especialidades &#8220;Dr. Belisario Domínguez&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>86</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>162</fpage>
<lpage>164</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0035-00522019000400162&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0035-00522019000400162&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0035-00522019000400162&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En este artículo se describen de forma sucinta las escalas predictoras existentes de vía aérea difícil y su posible aplicabilidad en pacientes pediátricos en el servicio de urgencias. De manera particular se mencionan cuatro escalas Mallampati, Patil-Aldreti (distancia tiroideo-mentoniana), extensión de la articulación atlanto-occipital y la distancia esterno-mentoniana. En general, ninguna de las escalas predice con certeza si habrá dificultad para la intubación, de ahí que es fundamental el monitoreo en el manejo de todo paciente que será sometido a intubación, especialmente aquéllos con sospecha de vía aérea difícil, al utilizar cualquiera de las escalas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This article succinctly describes the existing difficult airway predictive scales and their possible applicability in pediatric patients in the emergency department. In particular, four Mallampati, Patil-Aldreti (thyroid-chin distance), extension of the atlanto-occipital joint, and the sterno-chin distance are mentioned. In general, none of the scales predicts with certainty if there will be difficulty for intubation. Therefore, it is essential to monitor all patients who are going to be subjected to intubation, especially those detected through these scales with suspected difficult airway.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Vía aérea difícil]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[escalas predictoras]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[pediatría]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Difficult airway]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[predictive scales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pediatrics]]></kwd>
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