Effectiveness and validity of midsagittal tongue cross-sectional area and width measured by ultrasound to predict difficult airways.

CONCLUSIONS: Ultrasonic measurement of midsagittal tongue CSA may be a valuable predictor of difficult laryngoscopy and difficult intubation. By contrast, tongue width measured by ultrasound may be a weak predictor of difficult laryngoscopy, but its predictive ability was questionable. PMID: 33591134 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Anestesiologica - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Minerva Anestesiol Source Type: research