BACKGROUND Supraglottic airways (SGAs) have an established role in airway management of difficult airways in both adults and children. However, there are limited data regarding the use of SGAs for primary airway management in children. The aim of this study is to assess the success rates and adverse events related to the use of SGAs for primary airway management during anaesthesia in children w...

Fiberoptic intubation (FOI) is an effective technique for establishing airway access in patients with both anticipated and unanticipated difficult airways. First described in the late 1960s, this approach can facilitate airway management in a variety of clinical scenarios given proper patient preparation and technique. This paper seeks to review the pertinent technology, clinical techniques, an...

Tracheal stent is one of the newer modalities of airway management used to manage airway compromise due to tracheal lesion of a malignant or benign disease. Skilful airway management is critical in a patient with a tracheal stent in situ. Any failure in this technique can lead to many complications like displacement of stent, bleeding, perforation which can lead to increase in morbidity and mor...

While Percutaneous Tracheotomy (PT) has become a standard procedure to ensure airway patency in elective indications, it is not yet accepted as standard for the management of emergency airway situations, despite more and more reports highlighting its use in this setting. After comparing PT with other emergency airway access techniques, we report a new approach performed under general anesthesia...

Patients with Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis are among difficult airways and anesthesia and airway management of these patients encounter anesthesiologists with challenge. Herein we report a case of Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis with difficult ventilation after failed attempts to intubate with fibroptic broncoscopy a disposable Laryngeal Mask Airway reestablishes the ventilation. The cas...

INTRODUCTION Airway management is a fundamental practice of anaesthesia and tracheal intubation is frequently required to ensure adequate airway control. Fibre optic techniques represent a dramatic advance in the management of the difficult intubation. The attending anaesthesiologist faces a challenge in managing a difficult airway in emergency situations. The traditional rapid sequence intubat...

Background Pre-hospital advanced airway management has been named one of the top-five research priorities in physician-provided pre-hospital critical care [1]. Few studies have been made on paediatric pre-hospital advanced airway management. The aim of this study was to investigate first-pass success rates and complications related to pre-hospital advanced airway management in patients younger ...

CAN J ANESTH 54: 10 www.cja-jca.org October, 2007 Management of the Difficult Airway. Practice guidelines for management of the difficult airway: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway. Anesthesiology 2003; 98: 1269–77. 2 Mizutani AR, Ozaki G, Benumof JL, Scheller MS. Auscultation cannot distinguish esophageal from trachea...

Objectives. To review the current protocols used for management of Ludwig's angina and to assess the efficacy of conservative measures in these cases. Methods. A retrospective review of patients who were admitted to our institution for management of Ludwig's angina between 2003 and 2010. Results. Two patients were identified. Both were managed successfully with conservative measures and close a...

Airway management is central to the resuscitation of the neurologically ill. These patients often have evolving processes that threaten the airway and adequate ventilation. Therefore, airway, ventilation, and sedation were chosen as an Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS) protocol. Reviewed topics include airway management; the decision to intubate; when and how to intubate with attention...