The usefulness of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in preanaesthetic airway assessment.

Background And Aims: Point of care ultrasound has the potential to become reliable airway assessment tool by accurate prediction of difficult laryngoscopy. We aimed to determine the feasibility of ultrasound in preoperative airway assessment.

Methods: This prospective, observational study was conducted on 200 patients requiring general anaesthesia and tracheal intubation.

Point-of-care ultrasound in the airway assessment: A correlation of ultrasonography-guided parameters to the Cormack-Lehane Classification.

Background And Aim: The sonographic assessment of airway in the preoperative period has encouraging results in predicting difficult laryngoscopy.

Materials And Methods: The prospective, observational study was conducted on 120 patients scheduled for elective surgery requiring general anesthesia and tracheal intubation. The depth of the pre-epiglottic space (Pre-E), the distance from the epiglottis to the midpoint of the distance between the vocal cords (E-VC) was measured sonographically.