Point of Care Ultrasound in an Emergent Airway; a literature review

Title: Use of Handheld Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Emergency Airway Management. Chest. 2020 Sep 21;S0012-3692(20)34501-3. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.083.  What is already known about this topic?Studies on traditional clinical examination techniques, such as modified Mallampati score, thyromental distance, neck range of motion, and mouth opening, have shown the limited predictive performance of for predicting difficult airways.Confirmation of endotracheal tube (ETT) …

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