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Ultrasound of the airway is an area of growing interest in critical care. As ventral structures of the oropharynx, larynx, and trachea are relatively unobstructed for sonography, ultrasound has the potential to provide information for airway diagnosis as well as procedural guidance.

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    Erik Su

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  3. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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Su, E., Haileselassie, B. (2023). Airway Ultrasound. In: Singh, Y., Tissot, C., Fraga, M.V., Conlon, T. (eds) Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Neonatal and Pediatric Intensivist. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26538-9_11

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