Abstract For many thoracic operations lung separation to enable collapse of the operated lung is either necessary or useful for successful surgery. Lung separation may also be required in other…

Abstract This chapter gives a presentation of the major issues to consider in maxillofacial and dental surgery when sharing the airway with the surgeon. It is essential to have knowledge…

Abstract Obesity is a risk factor for increased difficulty in most modalities of airway management. It decreases ease and effectiveness of face mask ventilation, supraglottic airway device use and front…

Abstract Paediatric anaesthesia and airway management is in many ways similar to adult practice; however, deep understanding of the differences in anatomy, physiology and behavioural psychology is necessary, particularly in…

Abstract Airway management and failed intubation in the pregnant woman present unique challenges which differ from the non-pregnant patient. The provision of general anaesthesia in the obstetric population requires additional…

Abstract Conventional airway management, including intubation and the various modes of lung ventilation, is usually successful. When it fails (cannot intubate, cannot ventilate/oxygenate) it is a life-threatening emergency and will…

Abstract Extubation and emergence are high-risk phases of anaesthesia which accounted for 28% of the anaesthesia cases reported to the Fourth National Audit Project of the Difficult Airway Society and…

Abstract A major challenge of airway management is safe care of the patient with a narrowed airway. Small tracheal tubes offer one solution but pose a problem with ventilation. While…

Abstract As opposed to the simplistic promotion of one given technique or device, the multimodal airway management relies on the recognition that each individual approach may fail, that the maintenance…

Abstract The flexible optical bronchoscope has unparalleled utility for difficult airway management and is part of every difficult airway management algorithm. The device can facilitate intubation for patients with airway…