Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 348-350, August 2008

Identification of the difficult airway

Ian Calder, FRCA, is Consultant Anaesthetist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London

Abstract 

Nearly all patients who are seriously difficult to manage are easily identified because they have grossly obvious abnormalities. Conversely, it is difficult to identify the few normal-looking patients that are difficult to manage.

Keywords: airway, difficult, intubation, tracheal

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PII: S1472-0299(08)00133-1

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2008.06.011

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 348-350, August 2008

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