title: Management of the difficult airway.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. rastraus@vcu.edu
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: Roseanna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Noordhoek
mesh_terms: 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