Evaluation and management of acute upper airway obstruction

We describe the key aspects of emergency management, including temporizing measures and airway adjuncts. Management of rare, but important, situations are discussed such as post-thyroidectomy haematoma, occlusion of tracheostomy and laryngectomy stomas and post-obstruction pulmonary oedema (POPE) is discussed. We describe the situation when an emergency surgical airway should be considered, along with our technique of performing one.
Source: Surgery (Oxford) - Category: Surgery Source Type: research