RT Book, Section
A1 Portnoy, Dmitry
A1 Hagberg, Carin
A2 Hung, Orlando
A2 Murphy, Michael F.
SR Print(0)
ID 55871201
T1 Chapter 39. Airway Management of a Patient with History of Difficult Airway Who Refuses to Have Awake Tracheal Intubation
T2 Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway, 2e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162344-5
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55871201
RD 2024/04/25
AB A  46-year-old  ASA  III  man  is  scheduled  to  have  a  total  knee  replacement.  His  past  medical  history  is  remarkable  for  severe  rheumatoid  arthritis  (RA)  with  cervical  spine  involvement.  He  was  recently  diagnosed  with  atlanto-axial  subluxation,  but  he  has  no  neurological  signs.  He  has  a  history  of  gastroesophageal  reflux  disease  (GERD),  but  it  is  well  controlled  with  proton  pump  inhibitors.  His  other  medications  are  an  NSAID  and  low-dose  glucocorticosteroid  therapy.