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The Evaluation of Thyromental Height Test as a Single, Accurate Predictor of Difficult Laryngoscopy

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2020
Background: Thyromental Height Test is a relatively new, easy method considered as a more accurate predictor of difficult laryngoscopy than existing methods.
Prabhat Rawal, Surendra Man Shrestha
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Difficult Laryngoscopy and Diabetes Mellitus

Anesthesia & Analgesia, 1988
The incidence of difficult laryngoscopy was determined retrospectively in 40 diabetic patients having pancreas transplantations and in 75 diabetic and 112 nondiabetic patients having kidney transplantations. Diabetes was associated with a significant increase in the proportion of patients having difficult laryngoscopies in patients having renal ...
K, Hogan, D, Rusy, S R, Springman
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Clinical Experiences with the FRONT Formula for Pre-Operative Airway Assessment and Documentation: a Multi-Centre Study [PDF]

, 2018
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Breazu, Caius, Bíró, Péter, Fülesdi, Béla, Gyöngyösi, Zoltán, Mitre, Calin, Mitre, Ileana, Zdrehus, Claudiu   +6 more
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Ultrasound measurement of laryngeal structures in the parasagittal plane for the prediction of difficult laryngoscopies in Chinese adults

BMC Anesthesiology, 2020
Background Abnormal laryngeal structures are likely to be associated with a difficult laryngoscopy procedure. Currently, laryngeal structures can be measured by ultrasonography, however, little research has been performed on the potential role of ...
Hongwei Ni, Chunming Guan, Guangbao He, Yang Bao, Dongping Shi, Yijun Zhu   +5 more
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A randomised, controlled crossover comparison of the C-MAC videolaryngoscope with direct laryngoscopy in 150 patients during routine induction of anaesthesia [PDF]

, 2011
Background The C-MAC® (Karl Storz, Tuttlingen, Germany) has recently been introduced as a new device for videolaryngoscopy guided intubation. The purpose of the present study was to compare for the first time the C-MAC with conventional direct ...
Erol Cavus, Carsten Thee, Thora Moeller, Joerg Kieckhaefer, Volker Doerges, Klaus Wagner   +5 more
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Use of Simple Clinical Predictors on Preoperative Diagnosis of Difficult Endotracheal Intubation in Obese Patients

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2013
Background and objectives: Although the incidence of difficult laryngoscopy is similar in obese and non-obese patients, there are more reports of difficult intubation in obese individuals.
Edno Magalhães, Felipe Oliveira Marques, Cátia Sousa Govêia, Luis Cláudio Araújo Ladeira, Jader Lagares   +4 more
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Do conventional predictors of “Difficult airway” truly predict difficult airway? Experience with cleft surgeries

Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine, 2021
Background: We designed this prospective observational study in order to evaluate whether conventional predictors of “Difficult airway” truly predict difficult airway in patients who present for cleft surgeries at Cleft Centre Peradeniya.
S. Nanayakkara, S. D. I. Nanayakkara, P. Wijekoon, C. Sewwandi   +3 more
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ANATOMICAL FACTORS IN DIFFICULT DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1975
The anatomical factors in difficult direct laryngoscopy have been assessed. Thirteen patients in whom direct laryngoscopy proved difficult and thirteen control patients, all with teeth, had lateral, postero-anterior and submento-vertical radiographs taken. Several measurements were made and compared.
A, White, P L, Kander
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Izazovi u uporabi video laringoskopa [PDF]

, 2016
Despite the lack of uniformity and the need of further investigation, video laryngoscopy continues to gain popularity both inside and outside the operating room.
Branka Maldini, Iljaz Hodžović, Jasna Mesarić, Tatjana Goranović   +3 more
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Efficacy of Multimodal Work‐Up of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lymph Node Metastasis of Unknown Primary

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) often presents with cervical lymph node metastasis, with 1%–4% of cases presenting as cancer of unknown primary (CUP). CUP poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges and is linked to poorer survival outcomes.
Robin W. Jansen, Roland M. Martens, Obaida Abdulrahman, Laura Peferoen, C. René Leemans, Gerben J. C. Zwezerijnen, Jan‐Jaap Hendrickx, Pim de Graaf   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source