Table 1.

Intubating condition score

Variable Assessed	Clinically Acceptable		Not Clinically Acceptable
	Excellent	Good	Poor
Mask ventilation	Easy	Difficult	Impossible
Laryngoscopy	Easy	Fair	Difficult
Vocal cord position	Abducted	Intermediate/moving	Closed
Diaphragmatic movement/coughing	None	Slight#	Vigorous/sustained‡

^#1 to 2 weak contractions or movement for less than 5 s, Vigorous;

^‡More than two contractions and/or movement for longer than 5 s.