Observational studyActa clinica Croatica2023
PREOPERATIVE SINGLE ANTHROPOMETRIC SCREENING TESTS OF DIFFICULT FACE MASK VENTILATION AND DIFFICULT DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY INTUBATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGICAL SURGERY: A PROSPECTIVE, OBSERVATIONAL, SINGLE CENTER STUDY.
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- Ultrasound-Measured Skin-to-Epiglottis Distance as a Predictor of Difficult Intubation in Obese Patients: A Prospective Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Sudden airway obstruction during emergence from general anesthesia in a post-radiation nasopharyngeal carcinoma patient with lower cranial nerve injury: A case report.The Journal of international medical research · 2025Article
- PREDICTORS OF INTRAOPERATIVE HYPERTENSION IN NECK SURGERY: A SINGLE CENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.Acta clinica Croatica · 2023Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess preoperative airway history data and single anthropometric screening tests of difficult face mask ventilation (FMV) and difficult direct laryngoscopy intubation (DLI) in otorhinolaryngological surgery. Final analysis included 62 patients aged ≥14 years undergoing elective surgery with endotracheal intubation at a single center during a one-month period. Data on difficult intubation history, airway symptoms and pathology related to difficult airway were prospectively collected. Han scoring classification of FMV and Intubation Difficulty Score (IDS) were used. There were 14 (22.6%) patients with a history of current airway tumors or abscesses. Only two (3.2%) patients were preoperatively evaluated as anticipated difficult airway. Both were slightly difficult to ventilate and scored IDS 5 and IDS 8. FMV was graded as easy in 50 (80.5%), slightly difficult in 10 (16.1%) and difficult in 2 (3.2%) cases. There were 29 (46.78%) slightly difficult DLIs and one (1.6%) case of difficult DLI. The study confirmed clinically relevant incidence of difficulties with FMV and DLI in otorhinolaryngologic surgery patients. However, there should be stronger evidence to identify a single preoperative variable predicting difficult airway.
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