title: Pediatric airway management.
abstract: Pediatric airway problems are seen commonly in pediatric and general emergency departments, management of the pediatric airway is often stressful to providers. This article reviews the pediatric airway, highlighting the anatomic and physiologic differences between infant, pediatric and adult airways, and how these differences impact assessment and management of the pediatric airway.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Genevieve
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Santillanes
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gausche-Hill
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008397:Masks; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010372:Pediatrics; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D014939:Work of Breathing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen