Management of the difficult airway.
Airway management skills are critical to patient care in many settings. Patients with a difficult airway present unique challenges and considerations, and clinicians should assess for this condition by obtaining a thorough history and physical examination. Familiarity with difficult airway management guidelines, algorithms, tools, and techniques is essential to formulating a safe and effective plan for intubation as well as extubation. This article focuses on airway evaluation, identification, planning, extubation, and care of the patient with a difficult airway.
Department of Anesthesiology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: Larissagalante@hotmail.com.
Larissa
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Galante
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans
Airway algorithm; Airway management; Difficult airway; Extubation; Intubation