Radiological evaluation of airway – What an anaesthesiologist needs to know!
Airway management forms the foundation of any anaesthetic management. However, unanticipated difficult airway (DA) and its sequelae continue to dread any anaesthesiologist. In spite of development of various clinical parameters to judge DA, no single parameter has proved to be accurate in predicting...
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| author | Kinshuki Jain Nishkarsh Gupta Mukesh Yadav Sanjay Thulkar Sushma Bhatnagar |
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| description | Airway management forms the foundation of any anaesthetic management. However, unanticipated difficult airway (DA) and its sequelae continue to dread any anaesthesiologist. In spite of development of various clinical parameters to judge DA, no single parameter has proved to be accurate in predicting it. Radiological evaluation may help assess the aspects of patient's airway not visualised through the naked eye. Starting from traditional roentgenogram to ultramodern three-dimensional printing, imaging may assist the anaesthesiologists in predicting DA and formulate plan for its management. Right from predicting DA, it has been used for estimating endotracheal tube sizes, assessing airway pathologies in paediatric patients and planning extubation strategies. This article attempts to provide exhaustive overview on radiological parameters which can be utilised by anaesthesiologists for prediction of DA. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1bcdae17a68d4f52ad2e31cfc7c6010e2022-12-21T20:19:43ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Anaesthesia0019-50490976-28172019-01-0163425726410.4103/ija.IJA_488_18Radiological evaluation of airway – What an anaesthesiologist needs to know!Kinshuki JainNishkarsh GuptaMukesh YadavSanjay ThulkarSushma BhatnagarAirway management forms the foundation of any anaesthetic management. However, unanticipated difficult airway (DA) and its sequelae continue to dread any anaesthesiologist. In spite of development of various clinical parameters to judge DA, no single parameter has proved to be accurate in predicting it. Radiological evaluation may help assess the aspects of patient's airway not visualised through the naked eye. Starting from traditional roentgenogram to ultramodern three-dimensional printing, imaging may assist the anaesthesiologists in predicting DA and formulate plan for its management. Right from predicting DA, it has been used for estimating endotracheal tube sizes, assessing airway pathologies in paediatric patients and planning extubation strategies. This article attempts to provide exhaustive overview on radiological parameters which can be utilised by anaesthesiologists for prediction of DA.http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2019;volume=63;issue=4;spage=257;epage=264;aulast=JainAnaesthesiadifficult airwayimagingradiology |
| spellingShingle | Kinshuki Jain Nishkarsh Gupta Mukesh Yadav Sanjay Thulkar Sushma Bhatnagar Radiological evaluation of airway – What an anaesthesiologist needs to know! Indian Journal of Anaesthesia Anaesthesia difficult airway imaging radiology |
| title | Radiological evaluation of airway – What an anaesthesiologist needs to know! |
| title_full | Radiological evaluation of airway – What an anaesthesiologist needs to know! |
| title_fullStr | Radiological evaluation of airway – What an anaesthesiologist needs to know! |
| title_full_unstemmed | Radiological evaluation of airway – What an anaesthesiologist needs to know! |
| title_short | Radiological evaluation of airway – What an anaesthesiologist needs to know! |
| title_sort | radiological evaluation of airway what an anaesthesiologist needs to know |
| topic | Anaesthesia difficult airway imaging radiology |
| url | http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2019;volume=63;issue=4;spage=257;epage=264;aulast=Jain |
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