BACKGROUND: Despite several clinical index tests that are currently applied for airway
assessment, unpredicted difficult laryngoscopy may still represent a serious problem in …

Unexpected difficult airway management can cause significant morbidity and mortality in
patients admitted for elective procedures. Ultrasonography is a promising tool for …

BACKGROUND Unpredictable difficult laryngoscopy remains a challenge for
anaesthesiologists, especially if difficult ventilation occurs during standard laryngoscopy …

Objectives Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of 9 airway sonographic
parameters imaged from the submandibular view as predictors of difficult laryngoscopy …

Our objective was to evaluate the usefulness of five ultrasound measurements to predict a
difficult laryngoscopy (DL). Prospective observational study. 50 patients underwent …

Materials and Methods: The prospective, observational study was conducted on 120
patients scheduled for elective surgery requiring general anesthesia and tracheal intubation …

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18: 754–758© 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Objectives: Prediction of difficult laryngoscopy in …

Background Hypoxemia caused by difficulties in airway management presents a major
cause for perioperative morbidity and mortality. The ability to predict difficult laryngoscopy …

Methods: The distance from skin to hyoid bone, skin to the thyrohyoid membrane in neutral
and sniffing position and maximum tongue thickness was measured by ultrasound and …

To evaluate the utility of ultrasound for detection of the difficult intubation in a preoperative
setting. PubMed, Ovid, CINAHL Plus Full Text, and Google Scholar searches using [“difficult …