Chapter 28 Percutaneous Translaryngeal Jet Ventilation William H. Rosenblatt I. Introduction A. A Note on Nomenclature II. Incorporating Percutaneous Translaryngeal Jet Ventilation into the Difficult Airway Plan III. Incidence and…
Chapter 41 The Traumatized Airway Calvin A. Brown, III., Ali S. Raja I. Defining the Problem A. The Clinical Challenge 1. Emergency Department or Trauma Resuscitation Room 2. Early Hospital…
Chapter 36 The Difficult Pediatric Airway Ranu R. Jain, Mary F. Rabb I. Introduction II. Anatomy of the Pediatric Airway A. Larynx B. Epiglottis C. Subglottis III. Evaluation of the…
Chapter 51 Complications of Managing the Airway Jan-Henrik Schiff, Andreas Walther, Claude Krier, Carin A. Hagberg I. Complications in Managing Patients with Difficult Airways A. History of the Patient and…
Chapter 6 Airway Pharmacology David R. Ball, Barry E. McGuire I. Introduction II. Airway Pharmacology in Normal Airway Physiology A. Clinical Issues 1. Airway Patency 2. Airway Protection 3. Airway…
Chapter 55 Medical-Legal Considerations The ASA Closed Claims Project Karen L. Posner, Robert A. Caplan I. Historical Perspective II. The Closed Claims Perspective A. Principal Features of Adverse Respiratory Outcomes…
Chapter 43 Obesity, Sleep Apnea, the Airway, and Anesthesia Babatunde Ogunnaike, Girish P. Joshi I. Introduction II. Definitions of Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea III. Pathophysiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea…
Chapter 8 Definition and Incidence of the Difficult Airway Satya K. Ramachandran, P. Allan Klock, Jr. I. Introduction II. Definition and Classification of the Difficult Airway A. Difficult or Impossible…
Chapter 54 Effective Dissemination of Critical Airway Information The MedicAlert Foundation* National Difficult Airway/Intubation Registry Lynette J. Mark, MD, Lorraine J. Foley, MD I. Overview II. Difficult Airway/Intubation: A Multifaceted…
Chapter 39 The Difficult Airway in Conventional Head and Neck Surgery Alexander T. Hillel, David A. Diaz Voss Varela, Nasir I. Bhatti I. Introduction II. Aerodigestive Oncologic Surgery A. Preoperative…
