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Fig. 9

From: Ultrasonography for clinical decision-making and intervention in airway management: from the mouth to the lungs and pleurae

Fig. 9

Hyomental distance ratio. The hyomental distance measured with the head in neutral position (left) and in maximum extension (right). In this case the ratio was only 1.01 and the patient correspondingly had a difficult intubation (Cormack-Lehane grade 4). (Courtesy of Jacek A. Wojtczak, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA)

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