RT Book, Section
A1 Hung, Orlando R.
A1 Murphy, Michael F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146614783
T1 Preface
T2 Hung's Difficult and Failed Airway Management, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259640544
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146614783
RD 2024/04/24
AB Since  the  last  edition  of  our  textbook,  strategies  and  guidelines  in  managing  the  difficult  and  failed  airway  from  the  American  Society  of  Anesthesiologists,  the  Canadian  Airway  Focus  Group,  the  Difficult  Airway  Society  in  the  United  Kingdom,  and  other  organizations  have  been  updated  and  revised  using  the  currently  available  evidence.  These  revised  recommendations  for  the  management  of  the  difficult  and  failed  airway  are  reflected  in  all  chapters  of  this  edition  of  the  textbook  including  the  new  chapters.  For  example,  two  chapters  (Chapters  6  and  34)  were  added  to  this  edition  to  address  “human  factors”  as  they  relate  to  the  stresses  and  strains  of  difficult  and  failed  airway  management.  The  Difficult  Airway  Society  guidelines  specifically  acknowledge  the  importance  of  human  factors  in  crisis  resource  management.  Interpreted  in  context,  the  application  of  the  four  basic  methods  of  oxygenation  (bag-mask-ventilation,  use  of  extraglottic  devices,  tracheal  intubation,  and  front  of  neck  access)  remains  the  most  logical  approach  for  managing  a  failed  airway.  Furthermore,  the  National  Audit  Project  4  (NAP4)  and  other  studies  have  consistently  identified  difficulties  associated  with  needle  (Seldinger  technique)  cricothyrotomy  such  that  it  has  become  clear  that  when  faced  with  a  “cannot  intubate,  cannot  oxygenate”  (CICO)  situation,  surgical  (open)  cricothyrotomies  are  much  more  successful  than  needle  or  Seldinger  cricothyrotomies.  Many  chapters  of  this  edition  emphasized  the  importance  of  early  front  of  neck  access  using  open  cricothyrotomy  in  the  adult  population.