A randomised cross-over comparison of the transverse and longitudinal techniques for ultrasound-guided identification of the cricothyroid membrane in morbidly obese subjects

Anaesthesia

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 675-683

  Kristensen, M S ^a   Teoh, W H ^b   Rudolph, S S ^a   Hesselfeldt, R ^a   Borglum J ^c   Tvede, M F ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Wendy Teoh Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^c ZEALAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

airway assessment: co existing disease; cricothyroid membrane; cricothyroidotomy; management of difficult airway: obese patient; obesity: airway evaluation; upper airway anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRICOTHYROID MEMBRANE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBESITY; PALPATION; THYROID CARTILAGE; TRACHEA; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID CARTILAGE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHETISTS; CRICOID CARTILAGE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; THYROID CARTILAGE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84962862394     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13465     Document Type: Article

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