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- Kelsey A Miller, Michael P Goldman, and Joshua Nagler.
- From the Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
- Pediatr Emerg Care. 2023 Mar 1; 39 (3): 192200192-200.
AbstractAirway management is a fundamental component of care during resuscitation of critically ill and injured children. In addition to predicted anatomic and physiologic differences in children compared with adults, certain conditions can predict potential difficulty during pediatric airway management. This review presents approaches to identifying pediatric patients in whom airway management is more likely to be difficult, and discusses strategies to address such challenges. These strategies include optimization of effective bag-mask ventilation, alternative approaches to laryngoscopy, use of adjunct airway devices, modifications to rapid sequence intubation, and performance of surgical airways in children. The importance of considering systems of care in preparing for potentially difficult pediatric airways is also discussed.Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
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