title: Airway management in respiratory emergencies.
abstract: Securing the airway is an important first step in respiratory emergencies. In this article, general principles of airway management are reviewed. The techniques of tracheal intubation, including surgical routes of airway access, are discussed in reference to special circumstances that can arise in acute airway management.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Einarsson
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Rochester
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003422:Critical Care; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*