Airway US in Predicting Difficult Pediatric Laryngoscopy

"US measurements will be performed in the pre-operating room a~, patients are placed in supine position with the head in a sniffing position on a surgical pillow and using the 15 MHz linear array transducer of the SonoSite™ S Series ultrasound in transverse position. A scan is made from the skin surface of the floor of the mouth to the trachea exerting the minimum possible pressure to identify the structures correctly."