Context-Sensitive Airway Management
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 14-year-old girl is scheduled to have an excision of a mandibular mass in a hospital in Kigali, Rwanda. She is otherwise healthy, takes no…
Aspiration: Risks and Prevention
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Pulmonary aspiration, an uncommon occurrence in nonemergency airway management, may lead to a spectrum of sequelae, from no discernable effects to significant morbidity and mortality. In…
Pharmacology of Drugs Used in Airway Management
PHYSIOLOGY OF TRACHEAL INTUBATION Print Section Listen What Are the Physiological Responses to Tracheal Intubation? The goal of tracheal intubation is to provide a successful and definitive airway. Unfortunately, laryngoscopy…
Human Factors and Airway Management
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A lady in her thirties presented for endoscopic sinus surgery and septoplasty. Preoperative assessment found only a congenitally fused neck vertebra and use of nasal…
