Progress on the application of ultrasound in airway management
- VernacularTitle:超声在气道管理中的应用进展
- Author:
Qingda WU
1
;
Zhenwei ZHENG
;
Bin LIU
;
Ruiming DU
Author Information
- Keywords: Ultrasound; Airway management; Gastric contents; Airway anatomy; Artificial intelli-gence
- From: The Journal of Clinical Anesthesiology 2023;39(12):1309-1313
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Research on application of ultrasound has made continuous progress in airway manage-ment,providing theoretical basis and new ideas for clinical use of ultrasound in airway management,and ex-panding the application range of ultrasound in airway management.Ultrasound can develop real-time imaging and measure almost all the tissue structures of the whole airway,ensuring the accurate locating and measure-ment of airway anatomical structure,which offers objective theoretical support for airway evaluation.Its char-acteristic of real-time imaging also helps to guide endotracheal intubation,determine the position of endotra-cheal tube and laryngeal mask airway,and assess gastric contents.Artificial intelligence improves the accu-racy and efficiency of ultrasonic identification of anatomical structure,which promotes the expanded applica-tion of ultrasound in airway management.This article briefly outlines the recent advance in the application of ultrasound in guiding endotracheal intubation,confirming endotracheal intubation,detecting laryngeal mask airway position,predicting successful tracheal extubation,predicting difficult airway,locating airway ana-tomical structure,and assessing the risk of gastric aspiration,and discusses the application of ultrasound combined with artificial intelligence in airway management.
