title: The importance of ultrasound in the strategy of a difficult airway extubation, after a prolonged facial and cervical area surgery.
abstract: On many occasions we are faced with complex and long-lasting surgeries affecting the cervicofacial region, seriously compromising the time of extubation and presenting before us a high-risk position. To avoid this, we will plan our activities bearing in mind all the possible complications and the different alternative plans, considering the ultrasound as a useful diagnostic method in the daily management of the airway.
authors.affiliation: FEA Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España. Electronic address: marcarbosoto@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Carbonell Soto
authors.affiliation: FEA Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: San Juan Álvarez
authors.affiliation: FEA Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: López López
authors.affiliation: FEA Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Bertos
authors.affiliation: FEA Radiología, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sainz Azara
mesh_terms: D060666:Airway Extubation; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation; D009333:Neck; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Delayed extubation; Ecografía de la vía aérea; Extubación diferida; Ultrasound airway