• Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol · Dec 2005

    Review

    Strategies and algorithms for management of the difficult airway.

    • Thomas Heidegger, Hans J Gerig, and John J Henderson.
    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Cantonal Hospital St Gallen, Switzerland. thomas.heidegger@kssg.ch
    • Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2005 Dec 1; 19 (4): 661-74.

    AbstractManagement of the difficult airway is the most important patient safety issue in the practice of anaesthesia. Many national societies have developed algorithms and guidelines for management of the difficult airway. The key issues of this chapter are definition of terms, the advantages and disadvantages of the use of guidelines, and a comparison of different algorithms and guidelines for management of the most important clinical airway scenarios. Although there is no strong evidence of benefit for any specific strategy or algorithm for management of the difficult airway, there is strong agreement that a pre-planned strategy may lead to improved outcome.

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