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. 2013 Feb;118(2):251-70. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31827773b2.

Authors

Jeffrey L Apfelbaum¹, Carin A Hagberg, Robert A Caplan, Casey D Blitt, Richard T Connis, David G Nickinovich, Carin A Hagberg, Robert A Caplan, Jonathan L Benumof, Frederic A Berry, Casey D Blitt, Robert H Bode, Frederick W Cheney, Richard T Connis, Orin F Guidry, David G Nickinovich, Andranik Ovassapian; American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway

Affiliation

¹ American Society of Anesthesiologists, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068–2573, USA.

PMID: 23364566
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31827773b2

No abstract available

Publication types

Guideline

MeSH terms

Airway Management / methods*
Airway Management / standards*
Consensus
Evidence-Based Medicine
Fiber Optic Technology
Health Care Surveys
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal / methods
Intubation, Intratracheal / standards*
Laryngoscopy / methods
Physical Examination
Postoperative Care / standards
Trachea / anatomy & histology