Thomas Wherry, MD, medical director for Health Inventures and principal for Total Anesthesia Solutions, discusses four best practices for managing a difficult airway. 1. Develop a difficult airway ...

A new decision tree tool guides anesthesiologists through managing patients with difficult airways by improving communication and identifying factors of concern, according to a report in Anesthesia & ...

Endotracheal tube exchange is an important part of airway management in patients in intensive care units, operating theaters, and emergency departments. 1,2 In most cases, the procedure involves the ...

Upper airway collapsibility after anaesthesia induction may be associated with unpredictable difficult airway. However, most works on airway anatomy are tended to morphological description before ...