Core topics in airway management

Description

Every anaesthetist reaches the end of their career with a collection of difficult airway experiences. Managing airway challenges relies on a combination of good clinical practice, knowledge of relevant basic sciences and critical evaluation of every aspect of airway care. This new edition of Core Topics in Airway Management provides any trainee or consultant involved in airway techniques with practical, clinically relevant coverage of the core skills and knowledge required to manage airways in a wide variety of patients and clinical settings. All new procedures and equipment are reviewed, and detailed chapters advise on airway issues in a range of surgical procedures. This edition also contains a series of practical questions and answers, enabling the reader to evaluate their knowledge. Written by leading airway experts with decades of experience managing difficult airways, Core Topics in Airway Management, second edition, is an invaluable tool for anaesthetists, intensivists, and emergency physicians ''Every anaesthetist reaches the end of their career with a collection of difficult airway experiences. Managing airway challenges relies on a combination of good clinical practice, knowledge of relevant basic sciences and critical evaluation of every aspect of airway care. This new edition of Core Topics in Airway Management provides any trainee or consultant involved in airway techniques with practical, clinically relevant coverage of the core skills and knowledge required to manage airways in a wide variety of patients and clinical settings. All new procedures and equipment are reviewed, and detailed chapters advise on airway issues in a range of surgical procedures. This edition also contains a series of practical questions and answers, enabling the reader to evaluate their knowledge. Written by leading airway experts with decades of experience managing difficult airways, Core Topics in Airway Management, second edition, is an invaluable tool for anaesthetists, intensivists, and emergency physicians''--Provided by publisher.  Read more... Basic science -- Anatomy / John Picard -- Physiology of apnoea and hypoxia / Andrew D. Farmery -- Physics and physiology / Andrew D. Farmery -- Airway reflexes / Jeremy A. Langton -- Decontamination of airway equipment / Adrian Pearce -- Clinical -- Basic principles of airway management / Ian Calder and Adrian Pearce -- Difficult airways: causation and identification / Ian Calder -- Obstructive sleep apnoea / Peter J.H. Venn -- Facemasks and supraglottic airway devices / Tim Cook -- Tracheal tubes, tracheostomy tubes / Viki Mitchell and Anil Patel -- Airway damage: iatrogenic and traumatic / Anil Patel -- Tracheal intubation: direct laryngoscopy / John Henderson -- Tracheal intubation: flexible fibreoptic / Mridula Rai and Mansukh Popat -- Tracheal intubation: ''blind'' methods / Brian Prater and Adrian Pearce -- Tracheal intubation: rigid indirect laryngoscopy / Ankie E.W. Hamaekers and Pieter A.J. Borg -- Misplacement of tracheal tubes / Om Sanehi -- Extubation / Viki Mitchell -- Aspiration problem / Richard Vanner -- Lost airway / Chris Frerk and Priya Gauthama -- Specialties -- Airway in obstetrics / Steven M. Yentis -- Paediatric airway / Philippa Evans -- Bariatrics / Will Peat and Mark C. Bellamy -- Maxillofacial surgery / Joy E. Curran and James Nicholson -- Dental anaesthesia / Jane Stanford -- ENT surgery / Anil Patel -- Airway management in cervical spine disease / Ian Calder -- Thoracic anaesthesia / Adrian Pearce -- Airway management in the ICU / Andrew R. Bodenham and Abhiram Mallick -- Airway management with limited resources / Derek Barrett and Eric Hodgson -- Ethics and the law -- Ethical issues arising in airway management /Andrew D.M. McLeod and Steven M. Yentis -- Legal and regulatory aspects of airway management / Andrew D.M. McLeod and Steven M. Yentis -- Examination questions -- Sample structured oral examination questions