Tracheal configuration as a radiographic predictor of difficult tracheal intubation in goiters.

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dc.contributor.authorAbdulkadir, AY
dc.contributor.authorRahman, Ganiyu Adebisi
dc.contributor.authorKolawole, Isaac Kayode
dc.contributor.authorBolaji, Benjamin Olusomi
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-01T10:51:45Z
dc.date.available2018-06-01T10:51:45Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractGoiters producing tracheal deviation or tracheal narrowing (TN) or both may cause difficult tracheal intubation (DTI). We retrospectively studied preoperative cervical radiographs of 160 goiter patients who had thyroidectomy to determine whether these can serve to predict DTI in goiters. Patients’ clinical and surgical data including Anaesthesiologists documented intubation experiences were also evaluated. Statistical analyses were done with SPSS 11.0 for windows. Tracheal diameter in both coronal and sagittal planes ranged between 3mm to 27mm. It was less than 7mm in one or both planes in 21 (13.2%) of patients and all had DTI, P = 0.019. The length of TN did not show significant statistical correlation to DTI, P = 0.791. The only two patients having coronal or sagittal tracheal diameter less than 5mm, had failed intubation. Therefore, goiters producing luminal TN to less than 7mm have potential for DTI and failed intubation when less than 5mm.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationTracheal configuration as a radiographic predictor of difficult tracheal intubation in goiters. African Journal of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 10(2): 1-5en_US
dc.identifier.issn0794-2184
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/321
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of the Societies of Anaesthetists of West and East Africa.en_US
dc.subjectGoiter,en_US
dc.subjectDifficult intubation,en_US
dc.subjectplain radiograph,en_US
dc.subjectthyroidectomy,en_US
dc.subjectTracheaen_US
dc.titleTracheal configuration as a radiographic predictor of difficult tracheal intubation in goiters.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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