The Difficult Airway An Atlas of Tools and Techniques for Clinical Management /

The Difficult Airway provides comprehensive textual and visual coverage of how to deal with patients who have expected or unexpected difficult airways.    The book begins with a review of current definitions of the difficult airway, its incidence, and the evolution of  algorithms to facilitate its m...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Glick, David B. (Editor), Cooper, Richard M. (Editor), Ovassapian, Andranik (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Subjects:
Anesthesiology.
Critical care medicine.
Emergency medicine.
Intensive Care Medicine.
Emergency Medicine.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1.The Difficult Airway: Definitions and Algorithms
  • 2.The  Expected Difficult Airway
  • 3.The Role of Awake Intubation
  • 4.Unanticipated Difficult Direct Laryngoscopy: Methods to Improve Its Success
  • 5.The Role of Rigid Fiberoptic Laryngoscopy
  • 6.Role of Rigid Video Laryngoscopy
  • 7.The Role of the Supraglottic Airway
  • 8.The Role of Flexible Bronchoscopy
  • 9.The Role of Optical Stylets
  • 10.The Role of the Lightwand
  • 11.Role of retrograde intubation
  • 12.The Role of the Combitube and Laryngeal Tube
  • 13.The Role of Transtracheal Jet Ventilation
  • 14.The Role of Surgical Airway Access
  • 15.Evaluation and Management of the Difficult Pre-Hospital Airway
  • 16.Extubation of the Difficult Airway.

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