Sternomental displacement and neck circumference: a new look for the neck as a difficult airway predictor in obese surgical patients—a cohort study

Sternomental displacement and neck circumference: a new look for the neck as a difficult airway predictor in obese surgical patients—a cohort study

Abstract Background Sternomental displacement (SMDD) is a surrogate indicator for cervical spine (C-spine) mobility. SMDD revealed good potential to predict difficult airway, but its validity in obese patients is not evident. Therefore, this study assessed the performance of SMDD with neck circumfer...

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Main Authors: Antony Gorgy, Abeer Ahmed, Mohamed Atef, Nevan Mekawy, Wael Sami, Heba Nagy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-08-01
Series:Ain Shams Journal of Anesthesiology
Subjects:
Difficult laryngoscopy
Difficult intubation
Sternomental displacement
Neck circumference
Obesity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42077-023-00355-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s42077-023-00355-1

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