Role of Submandibular Ultrasound in Airway Management of a Patient With Angioedema.

Dora H Lin, Brittany Meyers, Saira Nisar, Eric R Heinz

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Dora H LinAnesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, USA.

Brittany MeyersAnesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, USA.

Saira NisarAnesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, USA.

Eric R HeinzAnesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, USA.

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Abstract

Angioedema is one of several life-threatening clinical scenarios that lacks clarity on when a patient requires intubation. We present a case of angiotensin-converting enzyme-inhibitor-induced angioedema with peri-oral swelling and normal airway measurements on ultrasound, who was intubated with an abundance of caution and extubated successfully. Current tests for intubation and extubation, such as traditional bedside assessments and the cuff leak test, vary in reliability for angioedema and similar urgent situations. Submandibular ultrasound is a quick, low-cost, non-invasive method for determining quantitative criteria for and assessing when intubation and extubation is indicated, which may lead to improved quality of care and patient safety.

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angioedemadifficult airway managementdifficult extubationextubation failurepocus (point of care ultrasound)

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PMID35399468

DOI10.7759/cureus.22823

PMCPMC8980192

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