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Usage of airway ultrasound as an assessment and prediction tool of a difficult airway management

Usage of airway ultrasound as an assessment and prediction tool of a difficult airway management

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Usage of airway ultrasound as an assessment and prediction tool of a difficult airway management

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Full title

Usage of airway ultrasound as an assessment and prediction tool of a difficult airway management

Publisher

United States: Elsevier Inc

Journal title

The American journal of emergency medicine, 2021-04, Vol.42, p.263.e1-263.e4

Language

English

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United States: Elsevier Inc

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Contents

AbstractAirway assessment is important in emergency airway management. A difficult airway can lead to life-threatening complications. A perfect airway assessment tool does not exist and unanticipated difficulty will remain unforeseen. Current bedside clinical predictors of the difficult airway are unreliable but airway ultrasound can be used as an...

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Usage of airway ultrasound as an assessment and prediction tool of a difficult airway management

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2504343513

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2504343513

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ISSN

0735-6757

E-ISSN

1532-8171

DOI

10.1016/j.ajem.2020.09.011

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