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Published in final edited form as: Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Mar 17;21(4):254–262. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2016.03.001

Table 2.

GILLS scoring system for tongue-based airway obstruction.^a

1	Presence of gastroesophageal reflux
2	Preoperative intubation
3	Late presentation (aged >2 weeks)
4	Low birth weight (<2500 g)
5	Syndromic diagnosis

GILLS criteria: Gastroesophageal reflux disease, preoperative Intubation, Late surgical intervention, Low birth weight, and Syndromic diagnosis.

More than two criteria correlate with high failure rate of tongue–lip adhesion surgery [27,28]).

Adapted from Lioy and Sobol [4] with permission.