Ultrasound-guided identification of the cricothyroid membrane in a patient with a difficult airway: a case report

BACKGROUND: Surgical cricothyroidotomy is considered to be the last resort for management of the difficult airway. A major point for a successful surgical cricothyroidotomy is to identify the location of the cricothyroid membrane. CASE PRESENTATION: We encountered a patient with progressive respirat...

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Autores principales: Okano, Hiromu, Uzawa, Kohji, Watanabe, Kunitaro, Motoyasu, Akira, Tokumine, Joho, Lefor, Alan Kawarai, Yorozu, Tomoko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5806288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29422029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-018-0156-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5806288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29422029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-018-0156-7

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