The Difficult Airway

A Practical Guide

Carin A. Hagberg, Carlos A. Artime, and William H. Daily

Topical review of current airway management devices and techniques
Ideal for trainees and established practitioners
DVD of demonstrations of airway management techniques
Provides practical guidelines for improving the success rates of airway managers of all specialties who use modern airway devices and techniques

The Difficult Airway

A Practical Guide

Carin A. Hagberg, Carlos A. Artime, and William H. Daily

Description

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.

The Difficult Airway

A Practical Guide

Carin A. Hagberg, Carlos A. Artime, and William H. Daily

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

The Difficult Airway

A Practical Guide

Carin A. Hagberg, Carlos A. Artime, and William H. Daily

Author Information

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

Contributors:

Carlos Artime, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Paul Aucoin, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Davide Cattano, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Preoperative Anesthesia Clinic
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

William H. Daily, M.D.
Assistant Professor
and
Director, Operating Rooms
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Lara Ferrario, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Sam Gumbert, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Carin A. Hagberg, MD
Joseph C. Grabel Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Ranu Jain, M.D
Assistant Professor
and
Education Coordinator, Pediatric Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Ankur Khosla, M.D., M.B.A., M.S.
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Katherine Normand, M.D.
Assistant Professor,
Co-Assistant Director, Residency Program
and
Director, 4th Year Clerkship
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

Jay Pinsky, MD
Medical Anesthesia Associates
Houston, Texas

Henrique Vale, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas

The Difficult Airway

A Practical Guide

Carin A. Hagberg, Carlos A. Artime, and William H. Daily

Reviews and Awards

"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