BookDavid B. Glick, Richard M. Cooper, Andranik Ovassapian, editors.
Summary: The Difficult Airway provides comprehensive textual and visual coverage of how to deal with patients who have expected or unexpected difficult airways. The book begins with a review of current definitions of the difficult airway, its incidence, and the evolution of algorithms to facilitate its management. The chapters that follow offer a comprehensive update on the techniques and concepts described in the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Difficult Airway Algorithm. Noted experts in each of the techniques have been recruited by the book editors to present the information. Figures throughout the book illustrate important points and procedures. This is a wonderful resource for health care professionals who are concerned with the management of the difficult airway, including anesthesiologists, intensive care physicians, emergency room physicians, nurses, and out-of-hospital first responders.
Contents:
The Difficult Airway: Definitions and Algorithms
The Expected Difficult Airway
The Role of Awake Intubation
Unanticipated Difficult Direct Laryngoscopy: Methods to Improve Its Success
The Role of Rigid Fiberoptic Laryngoscopes
Role of Rigid Video Laryngoscopy
The Role of the Supraglottic Airway
The Role of Flexible Bronchoscopy
The Role of Optical Stylets
The Role of the Lightwand
Role of Retrograde Intubation
The Role of the Combitube and Laryngeal Tube
The Role of Transtracheal Jet Ventilation
The Role of Surgical Airway Access
Evaluation and Management of the Difficult Pre-Hospital Airway
Extubation of the Difficult Airway.