Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association/Difficult Airway Society difficult and failed tracheal intubation guidelines – the way forward for the obstetric airway

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 ...

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...

DIffIcUlt aIrway IN ObstEtrIc aNEsthEsIa

Received for publication: Dec 8, 2005. Revised: Apr. 11, 2006. rEZUMat Director, Obstetric Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA

Obstetric difficult airway guidelines - decision-making in critical situations.

Difficult and failed intubation in 3430 obstetric general anaesthetics.

A retrospective audit was performed of all obstetric general anaesthetics in our hospital over an 8 year period to determine the incidence of difficult and failed intubation. Data was collected from a number of sources to ensure accuracy. A total of 3430 rapid sequence anaesthetics were given. None of the patients had a failed or oesophageal intubation (95% CI, 0-1:1143). There were 23 difficul...