Point-of-care ultrasound in airway evaluation and management: A comprehensive review

J Lin, R Bellinger, A Shedd, J Wolfshohl, J Walker… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Airway management is a common and critical procedure in acute settings, such as the
Emergency Department (ED) or Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of hospitals. Many of the …

[HTML][HTML] New technologies in airway management: A review

AV Pereira, AV Simões, L Rego, JG Pereira - Medicine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The evolution of medical knowledge and technological growth have contributed to the
development of different techniques and devices for airway management. These appear to …

Analysis of a national difficult airway database

A Sajayan, A Nair, AF McNarry, F Mir, I Ahmad… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Difficult airway management continues to adversely affect patient care and clinical outcomes
and is poorly predicted. Previous difficult airway management is the most accurate predictor …

Prediction of difficult laryngoscopy using ultrasound: A systematic review and meta-analysis

V Bhargava, NA Rockwell, D Tawfik… - Critical Care …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Evaluate associations between ultrasound measures and difficult
laryngoscopy. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, Embase, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and …

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

MA Fernandez-Vaquero, P Charco-Mora… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Background: Clinical airway screening tests intend to predict difficult airways, but none have
a high predictive value. Recent systematic reviews correlate ultrasound with difficult …

Papel de la ecografía en la insuficiencia respiratoria aguda y en el weaning de la ventilación mecánica

L Zapata, R Blancas, I Conejo-Márquez… - Medicina Intensiva, 2023 - Elsevier
La evaluación integral mediante ecografía se ha convertido en una herramienta
indispensable para facilitar el diagnóstico y el manejo terapéutico en los pacientes críticos …

[HTML][HTML] Airway ultrasound for patients anticipated to have a difficult airway: Perspective for personalized medicine

H Nakazawa, K Uzawa, J Tokumine… - World Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Airway ultrasound allows for precise airway evaluation, particularly for assessing the difficult
airway and the potential for front of neck access. Many studies have shown that identification …

Ultrasonography predicts difficult airway management: A prospective double blinded study

K Bouzid, S Ketata, I Zouche, M Keskes… - Trends in Anaesthesia …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose We evaluate ultrasonographic measurements and clinical criteria of difficult airway
management to establish a new predictive score for difficult intubation. Methods We …

Pre-operative ultrasound prediction of difficult airway management in adult patients: A systematic review of clinical evidence

G Giordano, F Alessandri, A Zulian… - European Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Predicting a difficult airway, including difficult laryngoscopy, intubation or
mask ventilation, is paramount in peri-operative management. As clinical predictors are only …

A Scoping Review of Ultrasonographic Techniques in the Evaluation of the Pediatric Airway

L Burton, V Bhargava - Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Point‐of‐care ultrasound is making rapid advancements in pediatrics, and ultrasonographic
assessment of the airway is being employed in many specialties such as the pediatric …