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With the increasing familiarity of anaesthesiologists to the use of ultrasound machine and its easy availability and non-invasiveness, we sought to study its utility in airway assessment, by measuring the thickness of tongue, to predict difficult laryngoscopy and intubation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Material and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 85 patients undergoing elective surgeries under general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation were examined preoperatively. Tongue thickness was measured using submental ultrasonography in the median sagittal plane along with other tests of airway assessment. Cormack Lehane grade on laryngoscopy and Intubation Difficulty Scale Score was recorded. The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value, and accuracy was calculated for tongue thickness for predicting difficult intubation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The tongue thickness in those with difficult intubation (4.83 \u00b1 0.62) was significantly higher than those without difficult intubation (4.38 \u00b1 0.65). The ratio of tongue thickness to thyromental distance was also significantly higher in difficult intubation group. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for predicting difficult laryngoscopy and intubation was higher for tongue thickness as compared to other clinical parameters. The sensitivity and specificity of tongue thickness to predict difficult laryngoscopy was 100% and 83%, respectively, and to predict difficult intubation was 72% and 59%, respectively, with an accuracy of 72%.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Ultrasound based assessment of tongue thickness can be a useful predictor of difficult airway along with clinical assessment of the airway.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/joacp.joacp_395_22","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,7]],"date-time":"2024-04-07T22:04:56Z","timestamp":1712527496000},"page":"235-241","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Ultrasound-based assessment of tongue thickness for prediction of difficult laryngoscopy and intubation"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"40","author":[{"given":"Jhanvi Sunil","family":"Furia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anaesthesiology, Seth G.S.M.C. and K.E.M. 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