Airway management : principles and practice / edited by Jonathan L. Benumof.

Contents
Section I Basic Clinical Science Consideration

1. Functional Anatomy of the Airway

2. Radiology of the Airway

3. Physics and Modeling of the Airway

4. Airway Pharmacology

5. Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Responses to Intubation



Section II The Difficult Airway: Definition, Recognition, and the ASA Algorithm

6. Definition and Incidence of the Difficult Airway

7. Evaluation and Recognition of the Difficult Airway

8. The American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Management of the Difficult Airway Algorithm and Explanation—Analysis of the Algorithm



Section III Preintubation-Ventilation Procedures

9. Preparation of the Patient for Awake Intubation

10. Aspiration Prevention and Prophylaxis: Preoperative Considerations




Section IV The Airway Techniques

11. Oxygen Delivery Systems, Inhalation Therapy, Respiration Therapy

12. Nonintubation Management of the Airway: Mask Ventilation

13. Indications for Tracheal Intubation

14. Conventional (Laryngoscopic) Orotracheal and Nasotracheal Intubation (Single-Lumen Tube)

15. Blind Digital Intubation

16 Fiberoptic Endoscopy—Aided Technique

17. Retrograde Intubation Technique

18. Illuminating Stylets

19. Laryngeal Mask Airway

20. The Evolution of Upper Airway Retraction: New and Old Laryngoscope Blades

21. Separation of the Two Lungs (Double-Lumen Tubes, Bronchial Blockers, and Endobronchial Single-Lumen Tubes)

22. The Combitube: Esophageal/ Tracheal Double Lumen Airway

23. Tracheal Jet Ventilation via Percutaneous Catheter and High-Pressure Source

24. Performance of Rigid Bronchoscopy

25. Percutaneous Dilational Cricothyrotomy and Tracheostomy

26. Surgical Airway

27. Confirmation of Tracheal Intubation

28. Case Example and Analysis


Section V Difficult Airway Situations

29.The Difficult Pediatric Airway

30. The Difficult Airway in Obstetric Anesthesia

31. Anesthetic and Airway Management of Laryngoscopy and Bronchoscopy

32. The Difficult Airway in Conventional Head and Neck Surgery

33. Anesthesia for Laser Airway Surgery

34. The Traumatized Airway



Section VI Postinubation Procedures

35. Endotracheal Tube and Respiratory Care

36. Mechanical Ventilation

37. Monitoring the Airway and Pulmonary Function

38. Control of Pain and Discomfort in the Intubated Ventilated Patient

39. Extubation and Changing Endotracheal Tubes

40. Complications of Managing the Airway



Section VII Societal Considerations

41. Teaching Management of the Airway: The UCSD Airway Room

42. Teaching and Learning Airway Management Outside the Operating Room : General Basic Use of Computer

43. Teaching Airway Management Outside the Operating Room : Use of Computer with special Emphasis on Clinical Concerns and the ASA Algorithm


44.. Effective Dissemination of Critical Airway Information: The Medic Alert National Difficult Airway/ Intubation Registry

45. Medical-Legal Considerations: The ASA Closed Claims Project

Includes bibliographical references and index.