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- Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway
- Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Basic Principles, Assessment, and Planning of Airway Management
- Section 2 Devices and Techniques to Manage the Abnormal Airway
- Section 3 Special Topics
- Chapter 16 Extubation in Children with Difficult Airways
- Chapter 17 Airway Management in the Child with an Airway Injury
- Chapter 18 Airway Management Outside of the Operating Room: the Emergency Department
- Chapter 19 Airway Management of the Neonate and Infant: the Difficult and Critical Airway in the Intensive Care Unit Setting
- Chapter 20 Airway Management in EXIT Procedures
- Chapter 21 One-Lung Ventilation
- Appendix Airway Management Videos
- Index
- References
Chapter 18 - Airway Management Outside of the Operating Room: the Emergency Department
from Section 3 - Special Topics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 September 2019
- Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway
- Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Basic Principles, Assessment, and Planning of Airway Management
- Section 2 Devices and Techniques to Manage the Abnormal Airway
- Section 3 Special Topics
- Chapter 16 Extubation in Children with Difficult Airways
- Chapter 17 Airway Management in the Child with an Airway Injury
- Chapter 18 Airway Management Outside of the Operating Room: the Emergency Department
- Chapter 19 Airway Management of the Neonate and Infant: the Difficult and Critical Airway in the Intensive Care Unit Setting
- Chapter 20 Airway Management in EXIT Procedures
- Chapter 21 One-Lung Ventilation
- Appendix Airway Management Videos
- Index
- References
Summary
For pediatric patients, tracheal intubation in the ED is a fundamental lifesaving procedure, but one that occurs with a much lower frequency than other care areas in the hospital. The challenges associated with intubation of a pediatric patient in the ED relate to a variety of aspects of the procedure, including the underlying epidemiology, the uniformly higher level of acuity than other settings, and actual or potential underlying pathophysiology that directly impacts decision-making with regard to airway management. This chapter will review these phenomena, with particular attention to choice and application of medications for facilitating intubation, as well as several typical pathophysiologic states that lead to the need for ED airway management in children.
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- Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway , pp. 177 - 184Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019