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2022 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway *

Anesthesiology · 2021 · Vol. 136(1) · pp. 31–81
Jeffrey L. ApfelbaumCarin A. HagbergRichard T. ConnisBasem B. AbdelmalakMadhulika AgarkarRichard P. DuttonJohn E. FiadjoeRobert GreifP. Allan KlockDavid MercierSheila N. MyatraEllen P. O’SullivanWilliam H. RosenblattMassimiliano SorbelloAvery Tung

Abstract

The American Society of Anesthesiologists; All India Difficult Airway Association; European Airway Management Society; European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care; Italian Society of Anesthesiology, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care; Learning, Teaching and Investigation Difficult Airway Group; Society for Airway Management; Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia; Society for Head and Neck Anesthesia; Society for Pediatric Anesthesia; Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists; and the Trauma Anesthesiology Society present an updated report of the Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway.

Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesTracheal and airway disordersNosocomial Infections in ICUAmerican society of anesthesiologistsAirway managementAirwayAnesthesiologyResuscitationIntensive care

MeSH terms

AnesthesiologistsHumansIntubation, IntratrachealSocieties, MedicalUnited StatesPractice Guidelines as TopicAirway Management

Funding

  • Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
  • Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Michigan
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • European Resuscitation Council
  • University of Cambridge
  • Royal College of Anaesthetists
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Merck Sharp and Dohme
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Prediction of Difficult Mask Ventilation
Anesthesiology · 2000 · 904 citations
Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway
Anesthesiology · 2013 · 2,559 citations
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