Role of newer imaging modalities for airway assessment in dynamic tracheal compression

Anesthetic management of a patient with tracheal stenosis is challenging. Though we have newer imaging modalities like multislice, three-dimensional computerized tomography, virtual bronchoscopy to determine the size and anatomy of the airway, it is difficult to accurately predict the distensibility...

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Main Authors: Prabha Udayakumar, Madhurima Srikanti, Vinodhadevi Vijayakumar, Gunavathi Kandappan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2014;volume=30;issue=1;spage=101;epage=103;aulast=Udayakumar