The Addition of a Head Rotation When the Ramped Position Fails to Provide Good Laryngeal Visualization: A Preliminary Study | Zendy

Wasa Ueda | Zendy; Shigeto Hatakeyama | Zendy; YoungChang P. Arai | Zendy

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The Addition of a Head Rotation When the Ramped Position Fails to Provide Good Laryngeal Visualization: A Preliminary Study

Author(s) -

Wasa Ueda,

Shigeto Hatakeyama,

YoungChang P. Arai

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

anesthesiology and pain medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.438

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 2228-7531

pISSN - 2228-7523

DOI - 10.5812/aapm.63674

Subject(s) - visualization , medicine , position (finance) , torso , rotation (mathematics) , anatomy , computer science , artificial intelligence , finance , economics

Although several studies have reported that the ramped position (torso and head elevated) significantly improves laryngoscopic view, in our experience, the ramped position fails to provide good laryngeal visualization in some cases. When the ramped position failed to provide good laryngeal visualization, we added a head rotation in order to improve laryngeal visualization in 62 patients. The method significantly improved laryngeal visualization and did not cause laryngeal disturbances postoperatively.

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