Predicting difficult airway in morbidly obese patients using ultrasound.

Background/aim: Difficult mask ventilation and difficult intubation are more common in obese patients. Ultrasound is a reliable and noninvasive method for evaluating the airway. The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution and availability of anterior neck soft tissue (ANS) thickness at different levels, tongue volume (TV), hyomental distance (HMD), the ratio of preepiglottic distance to distance between the epiglottis and the midpoint of vocal cords (PE/E-VC) measured by ultrasonography in predicting difficult airway in morbidly obese patients.

[Effective pain therapy can improve the survival of patients with pancreatic cancer].

Objectives: In this study, characteristics and analgesic treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer who applied to the algology clinic were evaluated.

Methods: Demographic characteristics, pathologic diagnosis, metastasis, cancer treatment, and analgesic interventions in 60 patients with pancreatic cancer, referred to the algology clinic, were examined.

Results: The application time of the patients to the clinic was 3.