TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - What Is Unique About the Obstetrical Airway? 
A1  - McKeen, Dolores M.
A1  - Davies, Jo
A2  - Hung, Orlando R.
A2  - Murphy, Michael F.
Y1  - 2017
N1  - 
T2  - Hung's Difficult and Failed Airway Management, 3e
AB  - The  ability  to  maintain  a  patent  airway,  provide  adequate  oxygenation,  and  place  an  endotracheal  tube  (ETT)  remains  a  major  concern  for  airway  practitioners.  Despite  many  equipment  advances  and  the  development  of  airway  algorithms  to  guide  care,  management  of  the  obstetric  airway  is  still  a  cause  for  concern.  Obstetrical  anesthesia  is  a  high-risk  practice  that  is  replete  with  medico-legal  liability  and  laden  with  clinical  challenges.  On  the  obstetric  service,  the  practitioner  is  required  to  provide  safe  anesthesia  care  to  mother  and  baby,  both  of  whom  have  unique  and  demanding  anatomical  and  physiological  requirements.  The  purpose  of  this  chapter  is  to  briefly  review  the  status  of  maternal  morbidity/mortality,  highlight  the  principal  reasons  that  airways  of  parturients  might  be  difficult  to  manage,  and  review  current  guidelines  and  algorithms  for  the  management  of  the  obstetrical  airway.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146619551
ER  -