The Difficult Airway: A Practical Guide

Although a cornerstone of the practice of Anesthesiology, airway management is also frequently performed by emergency physicians, intensivists, and other clinicians. Because airway devices and techniques are constantly changing, trainees in these professions must achieve proficiency with a variety of instruments and methods, and even experienced practitioners should continually update their airway skills. The Difficult Airway: A Practical Guide provides practical guidance on improving the success rates of airway managers of all specialties who use modern airway devices and techniques. The book addresses various clinical scenarios in a user-friendly format that mimics the approach clinicians encounter at educational workshops. Sections address airway devices and techniques, awake intubation, algorithms of difficult airway management, pharmacologic adjuncts useful in airway management, equipment, preoxygenation, and patient positioning strategies to ensure effective airway management. The clinically applicable information in The Difficult Airway: A Practical Guide is augmented by a DVD containing video demonstrations of airway management techniques.

Table of Contents:
1. Airway Assessment Ankur Khosla and Davide Cattano 2. Preparation for Awake Intubation Carlos Artime 3. Preoxygenation and Positioning Henrique Vale and Davide Cattano 4. Mask Ventilation William H. Daily 5. Nasotracheal Intubation William H. Daily 6. Supraglottic Airway Devices William H. Daily 7. ETTs and Laryngoscopy Techniques William H. Daily 8. Intubation Stylets Lara Ferrario 9. Flexible Fiberoptic Intubation Carlos Artime 10. Retrograde Intubation Katherine Normand and Paul Aucoin 11. Percutaneous Transtracheal Jet Ventilation Katherine Normand 12. Cricothyrotomy Katherine Normand 13. Extubation Catheters Lara Ferrario 14. Combination Techniques Jay Pinsky and Carin A. Hagberg 15. Pediatric Airway Management Ranu Jain 16. Difficult Airway Supplies William H. Daily 17. Special Considerations for Out of OR and CPR Sam Gumbert 18. Communication of the Difficult Airway and Dissemination of Critical Airway Information Sam Gumbert

About the Author :
Carin A. Hagberg, Joseph C. Grabel Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas Carlos A. Artime, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas. William H. Daily, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas

Review :
"This book lays out clinical scenarios in a user-friendly manner that follows the approach clinicians encounter at educational workshops. This is a valuable portable handbook on airway management that provides practical advice to all those in this field of health care." -- Biz India