ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENT IN PREDICTING DIFFICULT AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH POST-BURN CONTRACTURES OF THE FACE AND NECK
Abstract
In patients with burn contractures of the face, neck, and chest, preoperative prediction of difficult airways is a primary task. Difficult laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation in most cases result from inadequate preoperative assessment of upper airway patency [2, 6]. Algorithms for managing difficult airways vary across countries [4, 12]. A unified system for assessing the risk of “difficult airway” during surgical treatment of severe burn injuries to the face, neck, and chest has not yet been developed in global anesthesiology practice [1].
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