BACKGROUND AND AIMS Most studies on upper airway are conducted based on airway measurements in the western population. We set out to find the normal values of upper airway measurements in South Indian population. The aim of this study was to perform various upper airway examinations and to set standards for normal measurements in the South Indian population as well as to analyse the data for pr...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify correlations between sleep apnea severity and tongue volume or posterior airway space measured via three-dimensional reconstruction of volumetric computerized tomography (CT) images in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for use in predicting OSA severity and in surgical treatment. We also assessed associations between tongue volume and M...

OBJECTIVES The diagnostic validity of clinical airway assessment tests for predicting difficult laryngoscopy in patients requiring endotracheal intubation were evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis and a grey zone approach. METHODS In this prospective observational study, patients were evaluated during a pre-anaesthetic visit. Predictive airway assessment test...

Submitted for publication November, 2007 Accepted for publication November, 2007 Address correspondence to: Richard B Berry, MD., Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Box 100225 HSC University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610; email: [email protected] fax: 352 379-4155 Physical examination: unremarkable except for obesity a...

BACKGROUND The transesophageal echocardiograhpy (TEE) has been studied worldwide. However, identifying additional factors on top of operator's experience and patient's cooperation which could influence the success of the procedure in unsedated patients with heart disease  is not well documented. METHODS Under the cross-sectional descriptive design, 85 target patients were fulfilling the crite...

klippel-feil syndrome is known by the classic triad of shortness of the neck , limitation of neck movements, and a low posterior hairline. there are often accompanying cervical spinal abnormalities such as kyphoscoliosis as well as urogenital and cardiac abnormalities. presented here we have a 20 year old young man with hypoesthesia and decreased motor function in the right hand. the problem be...