title: All India Difficult Airway Association 2016 guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation in Paediatrics.
abstract: The All India Difficult Airway Association guidelines for the management of the unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation in paediatrics are developed to provide a structured, stepwise approach to manage unanticipated difficulty during tracheal intubation in children between 1 and 12 years of age. The incidence of unanticipated difficult airway in normal children is relatively rare. The recommendations for the management of difficult airway in children are mostly derived from extrapolation of adult data because of non-availability of proven evidence on the management of difficult airway in children. Children have a narrow margin of safety and mismanagement of the difficult airway can lead to disastrous consequences. In our country, a systematic approach to airway management in children is lacking, thus having a guideline would be beneficial. This is a sincere effort to protocolise airway management in children, using the best available evidence and consensus opinion put together to make airway management for children as safe as possible in our country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Dilip K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Pawar
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Jeson Rajan
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Doctor
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore, India.
authors.forename: Ubaradka S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Raveendra
authors.affiliation: Chief Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Singaravelu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore, India.
authors.forename: Sumalatha Radhakrishna
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Jigeeshu Vasishtha
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Divatia
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Sheila Nainan
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Myatra
authors.affiliation: Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Kailash Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat, India; Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Vadodara Institute of Neurological Sciences, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Onco-Anaesthesiology and Palliative Medicine, Dr. BRAIRCH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kundra
authors.affiliation: Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Kailash Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat, India; Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Vadodara Institute of Neurological Sciences, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Apeksh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patwa
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, J N Medical College and Hospital, AMU, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Syed Moied
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Sabyasachi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Venkateswaran
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramkumar
keywords: Paediatric airway; paediatric guidelines; unanticipated difficult intubation