A STUDY TO CORRELATE ANTERIOR NECK SOFT TISSUE  THICKNESS QUANTIFIED USING ULTRASOUND AND CORMACK  LEHANE CLASSIFICATION FOR PREDICTING DIFFICULT  LARYNGOSCOPY

Dr. Manasa. G, Dr. Darshan M S

A STUDY TO CORRELATE ANTERIOR NECK SOFT TISSUE THICKNESS QUANTIFIED USING ULTRASOUND AND CORMACK LEHANE CLASSIFICATION FOR PREDICTING DIFFICULT LARYNGOSCOPY

Authors

Dr. Manasa. G, Dr. Darshan M S

Keywords:

Ultrasound, anterior neck soft tissue thickness, neck circumference, difficult laryngoscopy.

Abstract

Background: Unanticipated difficult intubation remains a primary concern foranaesthesiologists. This study was done to correlate anterior neck soft tissue thicknessquantified using ultrasound and cormack lehane classification for predicting difficultlaryngoscopy

References

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Published

2025-09-15

How to Cite

Dr. Manasa. G, Dr. Darshan M S. (2025). A STUDY TO CORRELATE ANTERIOR NECK SOFT TISSUE THICKNESS QUANTIFIED USING ULTRASOUND AND CORMACK LEHANE CLASSIFICATION FOR PREDICTING DIFFICULT LARYNGOSCOPY. International Journal of Pharmacy Research & Technology (IJPRT), 15(2), 1942–1950. Retrieved from https://ijprt.org/index.php/pub/article/view/994