Anticipating Difficult Airway-X Ray Soft tissue Neck (A Reliable Guide)
Dr Shrikant PhatakHead of ENT Department
Choithram Hospital & Research Center Indore
Anticipating Difficult Airway-X Ray Soft tissue Neck (A Reliable Guide)
• ENT surgeon & Anesthetists share a common airway
• X-Ray ST neck A-P & Lateral views provides a reliable guideline to anticipate intubation & post extubation difficulties.
Subcutaneous Air Obscuring Landmarks
Surgical emphysema Surgical emphysema
Thyroid Swelling
Shifting Of Airway Patent Airway In spite of Shift
Epiglottic cyst
Epiglottic Mass Obscuring Airway
Mass Aryepiglottic Fold
Stenotic Narrowing
Supraglottic Narrowing Subglottic stenosis
Stenotic Narrowing
Narrow Trachea Narrow Trachea
Supraglottic Mass Obscuring Airway
Supraglottic Mass Obscuring Airway
Retropharyngeal Abscess A-V Malformation
Retropharyngeal Widening Retropharyngeal Widening
Abnormalities of Cervical Spine
Block Vertebra Ankylosing Spondylitis
Discaimer
• The information contained in the presentation is based on the personal experience and cases collected at Choithram Hospital Indore over the last 20 years.
• It is intended for the use of Medical students Anesthesia & ENT post graduates.
• The views expressed are purely on personal opinion. viewers can make their own opinion. For any confusion please contact sole author.
• Everybody is allowed to copy or download the material best suited to him. I am not responsible for any controversies arising out of the presentation.
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