TY - BOOK AU - Popat,Mansukh T. TI - Difficult airway management T2 - Oxford Anaesthesia Library SN - 9780191575686 PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Trachea KW - Intubation KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Anesthesia KW - Respiratory organs KW - Obstructions KW - Intubation, Intratracheal KW - Airway Obstruction N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Difficult airway: definitions, incidence and consequences; 2 Difficult airway management: general principles; 3 Basic anatomical, physiological and pharmacological principles of difficult airway management; 4 Preoperative airway assessment; 5 Management of the anticipated difficult airway: without clinical upper airway obstruction; 6 Management of the anticipated difficult airway: the patient with critical upper airway obstruction; 7 Awake fibreoptic intubation; 8 Management of the unanticipated difficult airway: the 'can't intubate, can ventilate' scenario9 Unanticipated difficult intubation: 'can't intubate, can't ventilate' (CICV) scenario; 10 Difficult airway in special situations; 11 Management of paediatric difficult airway; 12 Extubation and re-intubation strategy; 13 New airway devices for difficult airway management; 14 Airway training; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X N2 - Management of a patient with a difficult airway has undergone significant changes in recent years, with the introduction of both new guidelines and equipment. Chapters cover basic topics such as recognition of a difficult airway and general principles of management and then move onto more complicated topics such as the 'anticipated' and 'unanticipated' difficult airway scenarios. New equipment is outlined and reviewed, and a chapter focuses on extubation and its importance. Thebook also includes a chapter on management in common clinical settings and a separate chapter covers paediatric airway UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?custid=ns123844&authtype=ip,shib&direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=467475 ER -