Open AccessDifferent 2D ultrasound calculation methods to evaluate tongue volume for prediction of difficult laryngoscopy
Author(s) -
Ruchi Ohri,
Kshitij Malhotra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_843_19
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngoscopy , receiver operating characteristic , sagittal plane , tongue , transverse plane , grading (engineering) , orthodontics , volume (thermodynamics) , nuclear medicine , radiology , surgery , intubation , pathology , civil engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare three different ultrasonographic calculation methods for tongue volume in a real time 2D ultrasonography and correlate with Modified Cormack-Lehane grading observed under direct laryngoscopy.