Abstract
Airway management is a cornerstone of anesthetic practice, and difficulty with airway management has potentially grave implications—failure to secure a patent airway can result in hypoxic brain injury or death in a matter of minutes. The difficult airway in otolaryngologic surgery requires careful planning and close communication between the anesthesiologist and ENT or head and neck surgeon. Knowledge of predictive factors and a detailed preoperative evaluation can be used to predict which airway strategies are likely to be successful and which are likely to fail.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1115-1125 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2019 |
Keywords
- Airway management
- Airway obstruction
- Difficult Airway
- Difficult intubation
- Head and neck pathology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Otorhinolaryngology