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The primary objective of this study was to compare ultrasonography (USG) and clinical airway indices across easy and difficult laryngoscopy groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Material and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This prospective observational study included 258 patients scheduled to undergo surgery under general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation. Ultrasonographic upper airway parameters, viz., tongue thickness (TT), skin-to-epiglottis distance (DSE), and tongue thickness to thyromental distance ratio (TT\/TMD) were measured. Patients were identified as easy or difficult laryngoscopy groups based on their Cormack Lehane (CL) grading.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Out of 258 patients, 20 (7.75%) had difficult laryngoscopy, and 238 (92%) had easy laryngoscopy. The USG measured TT mean, and median values were 6.16 \u00b1 0.39 [6.10] cm in difficult and 5.41 \u00b1 0.36 [5.40] cm in easy laryngoscopy groups. The USG measured mean and median value of DSE were 2.75 \u00b1 0.09 [2.74] in difficult and 2.27 \u00b1 0.23 [2.27] in easy laryngoscopy groups. The ratio of TT\/TMD with mean and median values of 0.98 \u00b1 0.07 [0.99] in difficult and 0.84 \u00b1 0.13 [0.82] in easy laryngoscopy. Using the inputs, the diagnostic accuracy of the ultrasound-measured significant variables was calculated in terms of their area under the curve using the receiver operating characteristic curve.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study revealed a relationship between sonographic measurements like TT, DSE, and TT\/TMD ratio for easy and difficult laryngoscopy identification. Including these sonographic parameters and their cut-off values may enhance our ability to predict an unanticipated difficult laryngoscopy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/joacp.joacp_423_23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,22]],"date-time":"2025-01-22T09:00:10Z","timestamp":1737536410000},"page":"151-157","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Evaluation of ultrasound measured tongue thickness, tongue thickness\u2013thyromental distance ratio, and skin-to-epiglottis distance in predicting unanticipated difficult laryngoscopy"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"41","author":[{"given":"Amit","family":"Rastogi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abhijeet 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