Classification and assessment of the difficult pediatric airway

Abstract:

There is a wide range of congenital and acquired disease states that have the potential to adversely influence airway management in the pediatric patient. Increased understanding of these disease processes can help the clinician improve recognition of the difficult airway and the approach to its management. Also critical to recognizing the difficult airway is the evaluation process through physical examination. This review includes classification of difficult airway situations according to anatomic location, and a discussion of the imperfect art of assessing and pbkp_redicting the difficult airway based primarily on studies carried out in the adult, with implications for the pediatric patient.

Año de publicación:

1998

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scopus