Ultrasonographic Assessment Of The Airway Anatomy And Clinical Use

The identification of the airway anatomy and associated pathological structures are the basic clinical skills for the especially specialists of anesthesiology, intensive care, emergency medicine, chest diseases and ENT. There are a lot of anatomical structures, which affect the airway management and external anatomical landmarks are insufficient for the complete evaluation of these structures, even in the best conditions. Bedside ultrasonography, which is used especially in the vascular interventions and regional anesthesia applications extensively, can also be useful in the visualization of the airway structures. In this paper, these two issues of how the airway structures can be visualized by USG and of how this information can be used in clinics are defined together with the literature.