title: Emergent airway management. Indications and methods in the face of confounding conditions.
abstract: Optimal airway management requires an experienced caregiver, attention to detail, and knowledge of the patient's physiology. A variety of pharmacologic agents have proved useful in obtaining a secure airway and minimizing risk to the patient. Depending on the skills of the caregiver, oral intubation has become the preferred means of airway control in most patients. Advances in technique, equipment, and pharmacology have greatly improved the art of airway management; however, there is no substitute for an experienced clinician.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Rodricks
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Deutschman
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D000465:Algorithms; D003663:Decision Trees; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000150:complications; D009465:Neuromuscular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D009465:Neuromuscular Agents