Management of the difficult airway.
The oral and maxillofacial surgeon frequently encounters and manages difficult airways. Knowledge of and calm progression by practitioner and staff through different means to ventilate and manage a difficult airway are crucial. Practitioners should become comfortable with different types of alternative or rescue airways in order to intervene quickly in case of emergent or unanticipated airway compromise.
Strauss
Robert A
RA
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. rastraus@vcu.edu
Noordhoek
Roseanna
R
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000465:Algorithms; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D009333:Neck / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods