Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Editorial Comment
In a forest of airway guidelines, it's time to make a shared path.
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Observational Study
Seven years on from the Canadian Airway Focus Group Difficult Airway Guidelines: an observational survey.
Numerous clinical guidelines are available for management of the unanticipated difficult airway. It is unclear if practice recommendations are endorsed on regional, local, or individual levels. The objective of this observational study was to examine local and regional use of airway guidelines by anesthesiologists within a hospital partnership in Southwestern Ontario. ⋯ Despite widespread awareness of the national CAFG Difficult Airway Guidelines, they are not widely adopted in clinical practice. Further research is warranted to explore barriers to adoption of airway management guidelines for both individual anesthesiologists and anesthesia departments.