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Ultrasound measurement of anterior neck soft tissue and tongue thickness to predict difficult laryngoscopy - An observational analytical study

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Airway ultrasound is an emerging tool to predict difficult laryngoscopy. This study aimed to determine the utility of ultrasound measurement of the anterior soft tissue neck thickness at the level of hyoid, thyrohyoid membrane and thickness of tongue to predict difficult laryngo...

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Autores principales: Yadav, Nabin K, Rudingwa, Priya, Mishra, Sandeep Kumar, Pannerselvam, Sakthirajan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6691631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31462808
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ija.IJA_270_19