Predicting difficult laryngoscopy in morbidly obese Thai patients by ultrasound measurement of distance from skin to epiglottis: a prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: In morbidly obese patients, airway management is challenging since the incidence of difficult intubation is three times than those with a BMI within the healthy range. Standard preoperative airway evaluation may help to predict difficult laryngoscopy. Recent studies have used ultrasonogr...

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Autores principales: Prathep, Sumidtra, Jitpakdee, Wilasinee, Woraathasin, Wisara, Oofuvong, Maliwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9107244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35568816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-022-01685-7

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