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Chapter 9 - Difficult and failed airway

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2015

By
Dermot McKeown  and
Gavin Lloyd
Edited by
Andrew Burtenshaw ,
Jonathan Benger  and
Jerry Nolan
Andrew Burtenshaw
Affiliation:
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Jonathan Benger
Affiliation:
University of the West of England, Bristol
Jerry Nolan
Affiliation:
Royal United Hospital, Bath
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Emergency Airway Management , pp. 90 - 104
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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Henderson, J.J., Popat, M.T., Latto, I.P., Pearce, A.C. (2004) Difficult Airway Society guidelines for management of the unanticipated difficult intubation. Anaesthesia; 59: 675–94.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway. (2013) Practice guidelines for management of the difficult airway: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway. Anesthesiology; 118: 251–70.Google Scholar
Levitan, R.M. (2003) Patient safety in emergency airway management and rapid sequence intubation: metaphorical lessons from skydiving. Ann Emerg Med; 42: 81–7.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Murphy, M.F. (2003) Bringing the larynx into view: a piece of the puzzle. Ann Emerg Med; 41: 338–41.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Levitan, R.M., Kinkle, W.C., Levin, W.J., Everett, W.W. (2006) Laryngeal view during laryngoscopy: a randomised trial comparing cricoid pressure, backward-upward-rightward pressure, and bimanual laryngoscopy. Ann Emerg Med; 47: 548–55.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Bair, A.E., Panacek, E.A., Wisner, D.H., Bales, R., Sakles, J.C. (2003) Cricothyrotomy: a 5-year experience at one institution. J Emerg Med; 24: 151–6.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hamaekers, A.E., Henderson, J.J. (2011) Equipment and strategies for emergency tracheal access in the adult patient. Anaesthesia; 66: 65–80.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
The Difficult Airway Society of the United Kingdom. Website and algorithms are available at: www.das.uk.com (accessed November 2014).Google Scholar
The Royal College of Anaesthetists and The Difficult Airway Society. (2011) NAP4. Fourth National Audit Project of The Royal College of Anaesthetists and The Difficult Airway Society. Major complications of airway management in the United Kingdom. ISBN 978–1-900936-03-3.Google Scholar

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