Preoperative ultrasound prediction of difficult airway management in adult patients: a systematic review of clinical evidence.
Giovanni Giordano1*, Francesco Alessandri1, Aurora Zulian1, Federico Bilotta1 and Francesco Pugliese1.
1. Department of General Surgery, Surgical Specialties and Organ Transplantation "Paride Stefanini", Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
* Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected]
Search Strategy for Medline
#1
("airway"[All Fields] OR "airway s"[All Fields] OR "airways"[All Fields]) AND ("diagnostic imaging"[MeSH Subheading] OR ("diagnostic"[All Fields] AND "imaging"[All Fields]) OR
"diagnostic imaging"[All Fields] OR "ultrasound"[All Fields] OR "ultrasonography"[MeSH Terms]
OR "ultrasonography"[All Fields] OR "ultrasonics"[MeSH Terms] OR "ultrasonics"[All Fields] OR
"ultrasounds"[All Fields] OR "ultrasound s"[All Fields]) AND ("intubate"[All Fields] OR
"intubated"[All Fields] OR "intubates"[All Fields] OR "intubating"[All Fields] OR
"intubation"[MeSH Terms] OR "intubation"[All Fields] OR "intubations"[All Fields] OR
"intubator"[All Fields] OR "intubator s"[All Fields] OR "intubators"[All Fields]) Translations
airways: "airway"[All Fields] OR "airway's"[All Fields] OR "airways"[All Fields]
ultrasound: "diagnostic imaging"[Subheading] OR ("diagnostic"[All Fields] AND "imaging"[All Fields]) OR "diagnostic imaging"[All Fields] OR "ultrasound"[All Fields] OR
"ultrasonography"[MeSH Terms] OR "ultrasonography"[All Fields] OR "ultrasonics"[MeSH Terms] OR "ultrasonics"[All Fields] OR "ultrasounds"[All Fields] OR "ultrasound's"[All Fields]
intubation: "intubate"[All Fields] OR "intubated"[All Fields] OR "intubates"[All Fields] OR
"intubating"[All Fields] OR "intubation"[MeSH Terms] OR "intubation"[All Fields] OR
"intubations"[All Fields] OR "intubator"[All Fields] OR "intubator's"[All Fields] OR
"intubators"[All Fields]
#2
("airway"[All Fields] OR "airway s"[All Fields] OR "airways"[All Fields]) AND ("diagnostic imaging"[MeSH Subheading] OR ("diagnostic"[All Fields] AND "imaging"[All Fields]) OR
"diagnostic imaging"[All Fields] OR "ultrasound"[All Fields] OR "ultrasonography"[MeSH Terms]
OR "ultrasonography"[All Fields] OR "ultrasonics"[MeSH Terms] OR "ultrasonics"[All Fields] OR
"ultrasounds"[All Fields] OR "ultrasound s"[All Fields]) AND ("assess"[All Fields] OR
"assessed"[All Fields] OR "assessement"[All Fields] OR "assesses"[All Fields] OR "assessing"[All Fields] OR "assessment"[All Fields] OR "assessment s"[All Fields] OR "assessments"[All Fields]) Translations
airways: "airway"[All Fields] OR "airway's"[All Fields] OR "airways"[All Fields]
ultrasound: "diagnostic imaging"[Subheading] OR ("diagnostic"[All Fields] AND "imaging"[All Fields]) OR "diagnostic imaging"[All Fields] OR "ultrasound"[All Fields] OR
"ultrasonography"[MeSH Terms] OR "ultrasonography"[All Fields] OR "ultrasonics"[MeSH Terms] OR "ultrasonics"[All Fields] OR "ultrasounds"[All Fields] OR "ultrasound's"[All Fields]
assessment: "assess"[All Fields] OR "assessed"[All Fields] OR "assessement"[All Fields] OR
"assesses"[All Fields] OR "assessing"[All Fields] OR "assessment"[All Fields] OR
"assessment's"[All Fields] OR "assessments"[All Fields]
#3
("airway"[All Fields] OR "airway s"[All Fields] OR "airways"[All Fields]) AND ("diagnostic imaging"[MeSH Subheading] OR ("diagnostic"[All Fields] AND "imaging"[All Fields]) OR
"diagnostic imaging"[All Fields] OR "ultrasound"[All Fields] OR "ultrasonography"[MeSH Terms]
OR "ultrasonography"[All Fields] OR "ultrasonics"[MeSH Terms] OR "ultrasonics"[All Fields] OR
"ultrasounds"[All Fields] OR "ultrasound s"[All Fields]) AND ("anaesthesia"[All Fields] OR
"anesthesia"[MeSH Terms] OR "anesthesia"[All Fields] OR "anaesthesias"[All Fields] OR
"anesthesias"[All Fields]) Translations
airways: "airway"[All Fields] OR "airway's"[All Fields] OR "airways"[All Fields]
ultrasound: "diagnostic imaging"[Subheading] OR ("diagnostic"[All Fields] AND "imaging"[All Fields]) OR "diagnostic imaging"[All Fields] OR "ultrasound"[All Fields] OR
"ultrasonography"[MeSH Terms] OR "ultrasonography"[All Fields] OR "ultrasonics"[MeSH Terms] OR "ultrasonics"[All Fields] OR "ultrasounds"[All Fields] OR "ultrasound's"[All Fields]
anaesthesia: "anaesthesia"[All Fields] OR "anesthesia"[MeSH Terms] OR "anesthesia"[All Fields]
OR "anaesthesias"[All Fields] OR "anesthesias"[All Fields]