ReviewWorld journal of clinical cases2023
Airway ultrasound for patients anticipated to have a difficult airway: Perspective for personalized medicine.
Review in World journal of clinical cases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Predictive value of ultrasound-measured tongue base thickness for upper airway obstruction during monitored anesthesia care: a single-center prospective observational study.Journal of anesthesia · 2026Article
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Airway Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Airway Ultrasound: A Narrative Review of Present Use and Future Applications in Anesthesia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Difficult Airway: Is this the Time to Focus on Point-of-care Ultrasonography?Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
- Point-of-care ultrasound for airway management in the emergency and critical care setting.Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Management of an Anticipated Difficult Airway in a Pediatric Patient With Stickler Syndrome.Cureus · 2023Article
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Abstract
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 of the cricothyroid membrane by airway ultrasound is more accurate than digital palpation. However, no reports to date have provided clinical evidence that ultrasound identification of the cricothyroid membrane increases the success rate of cricothyroidotomy. This is a narrative review which describes patients with difficult airways for whom airway ultrasound may have been useful for clinical decision making. The role of airway ultrasound for the evaluation of difficult airways is summarized and an approach to the use of ultrasound for airway management is proposed. The goal of this review is to present practical applications of airway ultrasound for patients predicted to have a difficult airway and who undergo cricothyroidotomy.
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