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Assembling a Difficult Airway Cart/Kit, declaring “Code D”, and issuing an Airway Alert Card for unanticipated difficult airway management proposed by the All India Difficult Airway Association [PDF]

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
The All India Difficult Airway Association (AIDAA) guidelines provide a structured framework to ensure safe and effective airway management, with a key emphasis on preparation, timely assistance, and proper documentation.
Rakesh Garg, Syed Moied Ahmed, Sheila Nainan Myatra, Amit P Shah, Venkateswaran Ramkumar, Apeksh Patwa, Sumalatha Radhakrishna Shetty, Jigeeshu Vasishtha Divatia, Jeson R Doctor, Pankaj Kundra   +9 more
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Effectiveness of simplified predictive intubation difficulty score and thyromental height in head and neck surgeries: an observational study [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia, 2021
Background and objectives: In this study, we aimed to investigate the predictive value of different airway assessment tools, including parts of the Simplified Predictive Intubation Difficulty Score (SPIDS), the SPIDS itself and the Thyromental Height ...
Onur Selvi, Seda Tugce Kahraman, Serkan Tulgar, Ozgur Senturk, Talat Ercan Serifsoy, David Thomas, Ayse Surhan Cinar, Zeliha Ozer   +7 more
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A descriptive survey of tracheal extubation practices among Indian anaesthesiologists

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2021
Background and Aims: This study assesses the extubation practices of anaesthesiologists and whether these practices differ from existing guidelines. Methods: The literature related to tracheal extubation was searched and a validated questionnaire was ...
Sakshi Thakore, Pankaj Kundra, Rakesh Garg   +2 more
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Paediatric Airway: Challenges for the Anaesthesiologist

Airway, 2021
The paediatric airway has always been a challenge to both the novice and the experienced airway manager. In this review, we have addressed the challenges of a paediatric airway, especially for the occasional paediatric anaesthesiologist. Children are not
Sumalatha R Shetty, Niveditha Karuppiah
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Predicting difficult laryngoscopy in morbidly obese Thai patients by ultrasound measurement of distance from skin to epiglottis: a prospective observational study

BMC Anesthesiology, 2022
Background In morbidly obese patients, airway management is challenging since the incidence of difficult intubation is three times than those with a BMI within the healthy range.
Sumidtra Prathep, Wilasinee Jitpakdee, Wisara Woraathasin, Maliwan Oofuvong   +3 more
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An unanticipated case of laryngeal mask failure due to hypopharyngeal mass: a case report

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2021
Supraglottic airway devices (SAD) have got popularity in the anesthetic practice owing to easy insertion, rapid airway access and lower incidence of complications.
Shipra Verma, Priyanka Mishra, Amborish Nath   +2 more
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Airway management in mucopolysaccharidosis: a retrospective case series review

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2023
Airway management can be difficult in surgeries of patients with mucopolysaccharidosis. We performed a retrospective review of 31 surgeries performed between 2015 and 2019. The mean age of the patients was 127.6 months.
Murat Tümer, Aysun Ankay Yılbaş, Sehend Debbağ, Fatma Sarıcaoğlu, Özgür Canbay   +4 more
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Accuracy of Sonographic Airway Parameters in Difficult Laryngoscopy Prediction: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study from Central India

Turkish Journal of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, 2023
Objective:Though airway ultrasonography (USG) is used to assess difficult laryngoscopy (DL), there is still ambiguity about approach followed and parameters assessed.
SK Parameshwar, Sunaina Tejpal Karna, Vaishali Waindeskar, Harish Kumar, Pooja Singh, Saurabh Saigal   +5 more
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Difficult paediatric airway

South African Family Practice, 2019
No abstract available.
P. Mogane
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The Physiologically Difficult Airway

Airway, 2021
The physiologically difficult airway is defined as one in which severe physiologic derangements place patients at increased risk of cardiovascular collapse and death during tracheal intubation and transition to positive pressure ventilation.
Bhavya Vakil, Nishanth Baliga, Sheila Nainan Myatra   +2 more
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