title: Point: Should an anesthesiologist be the specialist of choice in managing the difficult airway in the ICU? Yes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA. Electronic address: matthias.walz@umassmemorial.org.
authors.forename: J Matthias
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Walz
mesh_terms: D058109:Airway Management / Q000009:adverse effects; D000776:Anesthesiology; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000517:prevention & control; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000517:prevention & control; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007440:Intubation; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D013038:Specialization