Assessment of the reliability of virtual preanesthetic airway evaluation compared to traditional in-person airway evaluation: a prospective observational study
Authors' conclusion
Virtual airway evaluations performed by anesthesiologists and medical students had fair and good inter-rater agreement, respectively, with in-person anesthesiologist airway evaluations.
Study context
- Population
- Participants undergoing preanesthetic airway evaluation100 completed all evaluations
- Participants
- 111 participants
- Exposure
- Virtual airway evaluation (VAE) by anesthesiologists or medical students vs in-person anesthesiologist airway evaluation
- Outcome
- Inter-rater agreement of total airway scores (Cohen's Kappa) between in-person anesthesiologist evaluation and VAEs
Methodological detailsinter-rater agreement
- Inter-rater agreement
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Cohen's Kappa
0.21
97.5% CI 0.07–0.34
Anesthesiologist VAE · fair agreement
Cohen's Kappa
0.74
97.5% CI 0.62–0.86
Medical student VAE · good agreement
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
- Participants with difficult intubation
- 1
Original publication
Assessment of the reliability of virtual preanesthetic airway evaluation compared to traditional in-person airway evaluation: a prospective observational study. Can J Anaesth. Published 14 November 2022. doi:10.
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