Surgical approach in difficult airway management.

Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol · Dec 2005

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Surgical approach in difficult airway management.

In all difficult airway algorithms, cricothyroidotomy is the life-saving procedure and is the final 'cannot ventilate, cannot intubate' option, whether in pre-hospital, emergency department, intensive care unit, or operating room patients. Cricothyroidotomy is a relatively safe and rapid means of securing an emergency airway. As with all other critical procedures in emergency medicine, a thorough knowledge of the technique and adequate practice prior to attempting to perform an emergency cricothyroidotomy are essential.

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- Matthias Helm, Andre Gries, and Till Mutzbauer.
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Federal Armed Forces Medical Center, Ulm, Germany. matthias.helm@extern.uni-ulm.de
- Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2005 Dec 1; 19 (4): 623-40.
AbstractIn all difficult airway algorithms, cricothyroidotomy is the life-saving procedure and is the final 'cannot ventilate, cannot intubate' option, whether in pre-hospital, emergency department, intensive care unit, or operating room patients. Cricothyroidotomy is a relatively safe and rapid means of securing an emergency airway. As with all other critical procedures in emergency medicine, a thorough knowledge of the technique and adequate practice prior to attempting to perform an emergency cricothyroidotomy are essential.

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