The Difficult Airway

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 an d a detailed preoperative evaluation can be used to predict which airway strategies are likely to be successful and which are likely to fail.
Source: Otolaryngologic clinics of North America - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Source Type: research