Preoperative airway ultrasound assessment in the sniffing position: a prospective observational study

Preoperative airway ultrasound assessment in the sniffing position: a prospective observational study

Background: Clinical airway screening tests intend to predict difficult airways, but none have a high predictive value. Recent systematic reviews correlate ultrasound with difficult laryngoscopy. This study aimed primarily to correlate ultrasound measurements of anatomical upper airway structures in...

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Main Authors: Miguel Angel Fernandez-Vaquero, Pedro Charco-Mora, Miguel Angel Garcia-Aroca, Robert Greif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Airway management
Intubation
Laryngoscopy
Position
Ultrasonography
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001422000884

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