Difficult Airway Society guidelines for awake tracheal intubation in adults

Difficult Airway Society 2015 guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult intubation in adults†

These guidelines provide a strategy to manage unanticipated difficulty with tracheal intubation. They are founded on published evidence. Where evidence is lacking, they have been directed by feedback from members of the Difficult Airway Society and based on expert opinion. These guidelines have been informed by advances in the understanding of crisis management; they emphasize the recognition a...

Difficult Airway Society Guidelines for the management of tracheal extubation.

Tracheal extubation is a high-risk phase of anaesthesia. The majority of problems that occur during extubation and emergence are of a minor nature, but a small and significant number may result in injury or death. The need for a strategy incorporating extubation is mentioned in several international airway management guidelines, but the subject is not discussed in detail, and the emphasis has b...

Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association and Difficult Airway Society guidelines for the management of difficult and failed tracheal intubation in obstetrics*

The Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association and Difficult Airway Society have developed the first national obstetric guidelines for the safe management of difficult and failed tracheal intubation during general anaesthesia. They comprise four algorithms and two tables. A master algorithm provides an overview. Algorithm 1 gives a framework on how to optimise a safe general anaesthetic technique in ...

Tracheal Intubation Awake or Under Anesthesia for Potential Difficult Airway: Look Before You Leap

Difficult Airway Society 2015 guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult intubation in adults: not just another algorithm.

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