Point-of-Care Airway Ultrasonography Prior to an Emergency Cricothyroidotomy Case report

Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2018, Vol 18, Issue 2

Abstract

Te use of ultrasonography in acute and critical care medicine is becoming increasingly common. However, use of an airway ultrasound as an adjunct to determine the type of intervention needed and assess complications is not common practice. We report a 56-year-old male who presented to the Emergency Department of the Sungai Buloh Hospital, Selangor, Malaysia, in 2015 with hoarseness, stridor and impending respiratory failure. A point-of-care ultrasound performed to assess the neck and vocal cords indicated a heterogeneous echogenic mass in the larynx, thus ruling out a cricothyroidotomy. Te patient was therefore referred for an emergency tracheostomy. Tis case highlights the importance of point-of-care airway ultrasonography in the assessment of patients with stridor. Tis imaging technique not only helps to detect the cause of the stridor, but also to determine the feasibility of a cricothyroidotomy in emergency cases.

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Mohamad Iqhbal, Julina M. Noor, Nur A. Karim, Izzat Ismail, Halim Sanib, Mohd A. Mokhtar, Safreeda S. F. Salim

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Mohamad Iqhbal, Julina M. Noor, Nur A. Karim, Izzat Ismail, Halim Sanib, Mohd A. Mokhtar, Safreeda S. F. Salim (2018). Point-of-Care Airway Ultrasonography Prior to an Emergency Cricothyroidotomy Case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 18(2), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-29172