Submandibular sonography: Assessment of hyomental distances and ratio, tongue size, and floor of the mouth musculature using portable sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 523-528

  Wojtczak, Jacek A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway assessment; Difficult intubation; Hyomental distance ratio; Sonography; Tongue size

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DIFFICULT INTUBATION; HYOMENTAL DISTANCE RATIO; MEASUREMENTS OF; PORTABLE SONOGRAPHY; SONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS; TONGUE SIZE;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; MALE; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; MOUTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TONGUE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY, MORBID; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TONGUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864260964     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.4.523     Document Type: Article

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