Ultrasound airway assessment in pregnant and non-pregnant women

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We read with great interest the recent articles published in your journal, both “Clinical and ultrasonographic assessment of airway indices among nonpregnant, normotensive pregnant and pre-eclamptic patients: a prospective observational study” and “Evaluation of ultrasound airway assessment parameters in pregnant patients and their comparison with that of non-pregnant women: a prospective cohort study”. 1 Bala R. Budhwar D. Kumar V. Singhal S. Kaushik P. Sharma J. Clinical and ultrasonographic assessment of airway indices among non-pregnant, normotensive pregnant and pre-eclamptic patients: a prospective observational study. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2023; 54103637https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijoa.2023.103637 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (0) Google Scholar , 2 Vajanthri S.Y. Mohammed S. Kumar M. et al. Evaluation of ultrasound airway assessment parameters in pregnant patients and their comparison with that of non-pregnant women: a prospective cohort study. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2023; 53103623https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijoa.2022.103623 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (0) Google Scholar These studies highlight the significance of ultrasound in predicting a difficult airway in pregnant women and correlate well with the findings in our article ”Diagnostic performance of airway ultrasound for the assessment of difficult laryngoscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis“. 3 Benavides-Zora D, Jaramillo MC, Townsley MM, et al. Diagnostic performance of airway ultrasound for the assessment of difficult laryngoscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023; March 01, In Press. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2023.02.036 Google Scholar