A useful algorithm for managing the difficult pediatric airway.
Management of the pediatric airway can be extremely challenging. A useful algorithm is presented that can be used when faced with even the most difficult of airways. A new adjuvant airway tool is also presented, as well as a list of equipment for the operating room. We will attempt to emphasize key points while presenting a patient that we have recently treated.
Boseley
Mark E
ME
Madigan Army Medical Center, Bldg. 9040 Fitzsimmons Dr., Tacoma, WA 98431, USA. mboseley@comcast.net
Hartnick
Christopher J
CJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D000465:Algorithms; D001049:Apnea / Q000150:complications; D004314:Down Syndrome; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000473:pathology; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology; D017286:Polysomnography; D012135:Respiratory Sounds; D014140:Tracheotomy