Trends in tracheal intubation: Emphasis on the difficult airway

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 485-486

  Yarrow, Simon ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Difficult intubation; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 10344254906     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200412000-00005     Document Type: Review

References (8)

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2. Awan R, Nolan JP, Cook TM. Use of a ProSeal laryngeal mask airway for airway maintenance during emergency Caesarean section after failed tracheal intubation. Br J Anaesth 2004; 92:144-146. The first published report of the use of this device in a failed intubation scenario.
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4. Bein B, Worthmann F, Scholz J, et al. A comparison of the intubating laryngeal mask airway and the Bonfils intubation fibrescope in patients with predicted difficult airways. Anaesthesia 2004; 59:668-674. A comparison of the two devices: intubation could be achieved faster with the fibrescope, but ventilation was achieved faster with the ILMA™.
5. Henderson JJ, Popat MT, Latto IP, Pearce AC. Difficult Airway Society guidelines for management of the unanticipated difficult intubation. Anaesthesia 2004; 59:675-694. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in difficult-airway management. A thorough and well-researched set of guidelines backed up by reviews of the evidence and with discussions of different strategies which may be employed in a variety of situations.
6. Combes X, Le Roux B, Suen P, et al. Unanticipated difficult airway in anesthetized patients. Prospective validation of a management algorithm. Anesthesiology 2004; 100:1146-1150. A good demonstration of how simple user-friendly guidelines using familiar techniques can solve the majority of problems likely to be encountered.
7. Chambers WA. Difficult airways - difficult decisions: Guidelines for publication? Anaesthesia 2004; 59:631-633. A thought-provoking editorial exploring some of the wider issues surrounding the publication of airway-management guidelines, notably the legal and educational aspects.
8. Atlas GM. A comparison of fiberoptic-compatible oral airways. J Clin Anesth 2004; 16:66-73. A considered appraisal of the variety of devices available, particularly useful as it makes some attempt to relate the structure of the device to the airway abnormality it is trying to overcome.