Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5584134 Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care 2017 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
Several national guidelines for the management of the difficult airway have been updated since 2013. This article provides an overview on the most important changes in national difficult airway guidelines over the last four years. Recent recommendations and expert opinion regarding the management of the expected difficult airway, the unexpected difficult airway and emergency surgical airway access are addressed. Changes in obstetrical and paediatric airway guidelines, strategies for extubation of the difficult airway and prehospital airway management guidelines are pointed out.
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