Klippel-Feil syndrome is known by the classic triad of shortness of the neck , limitation of neck movements, and a low posterior hairline. There are often accompanying cervical spinal abnormalities such as kyphoscoliosis as well as urogenital and cardiac abnormalities. Presented here we have a 20 year old young man with hypoesthesia and decreased motor function in the right hand. The probl...

OBJECTIVE To identify physical findings that can be standardized to predict the presence and the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). STUDY DESIGN One hundred seventy-two patients who answered questionnaires with responses that suggested they might have OSA were included in this prospective study. METHODS All patients underwent a physical examination and polysomnography. The physical ...

OBJECTIVE Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep breathing disorder. Untreated OSA may lead to a number of cardiovascular complications. Dentists may play an important role in OSA detection by conducting careful oral examinations. This study focused on the correlation of oral anatomical features in Thai patients who presented with OSA. METHODS We conducted a prospective comparative s...

Objective: To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of bedside tests for prediction difficult airway scheduled for ophthalmological surgeries under general anesthesia.Methods: This prospective study was carried out at Armed Forces Institute Ophthalmology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan from March 2020 to October 2020. All pediatric adult patients with American society of anesthesiologist grade I IV un...

OBJECTIVE Endotracheal intubation of patients is an effective method for controlling airway and breathing. However, laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation is not easy in every case. There is a recent abundance of equipment used for controlling ventilation and intubation. Airtraq is one of those equipments. In this study, our main objective is to compare the success rates of the Airtraq and Ma...