Sentence examples for airway difficulty from inspiring English sources

No patient had airway difficulty related to the tumor, although one intrapericardial tumor mimicked an anterior mediastinal mass.

Fourth, some factors of airway management (e.g., preoxygenation, cricoid pressure, predicted airway difficulty, peri-intubation vital signs, rationale of medication dosage, and time-related factors such as duration between medication administration to intubation) were not assessed in this registry.

Future studies comparing soft tissue measurements to metrics of airway difficulty such as the Cormack Lehane grading system will reveal whether epiglottic thickness is necessary or even helpful in this setting.

We defined a difficult airway as the clinical situation in which a conventionally trained physician experiences difficulty with facemask ventilation of the upper airway, difficulty with tracheal intubation or both [14]; specific criteria for difficult intubation were Cormack Lehane score grade III or IV, more than two attempts and need for auxiliary devices for intubation.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway defines it as the clinical situation in which a conventionally trained anaesthesiologist experiences difficulty with face mask ventilation of the upper airway, difficulty with tracheal intubation or both [10].

Fifth, as with any observational study, the association between RSI method and a higher chance of intubation success does not necessarily prove causality and may be confounded by unmeasured factors, such as patient's underlying comorbidity, airway difficulty, and differences in procedural skill.

Because airway difficulties are far more likely in the ED [1, 3 7] and time is very limited in the airway management of a critically ill patient, every ED should have immediate access to at least one DAM cart, which should have the same contents and layout as that used in the respective hospital's OR [14].

Structured communication between anaesthetists and anaesthetic assistants could help prepare for and deal with airway difficulties.

Additionally, the risk stratification of airway difficulties should be more standardized and the extent of preoperative testing re-considered.

Patient positioning requires careful consideration in those children with mediastinal lymphoma who virtually all present with airway difficulties.

On the other hand, patients with expected airway difficulties receive SAD that limit the risk for adverse events during the induction phase of anesthesia.