Recognizing and Managing the Difficult Pediatric Airway

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Relevant Article Depot:

BJA: Difficult airway management: children are different from adults, and neonates are different from children!

Pediatric Anesthesia: Special Issue:Pediatric Airway Special Issue

NEJM: Management of the Difficult Airway

The Congenital Difficult Airway in Pediatrics

Decision Making in the Difficult Airway Algorithm

Error traps in pediatric difficult airway management

OA-SPA Virtual Grand Rounds / Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway

10 Rules for Approaching Difficult Intubation: Always Prepare for Failure

Impact of multiple intubation attempts on adverse tracheal intubation associated events in neonates: a report from the NEAR4NEOS

References

1. Fiadjoe, J.E., et al., Airway management complications in children with difficult tracheal intubation from the Pediatric Difficult Intubation (PeDI) registry: a prospective cohort analysis. Lancet Respir Med, 2016. 4(1): p. 37-48.

2. Garcia-Marcinkiewicz, A.G., et al., A Retrospective Analysis of Neuromuscular Blocking Drug Use and Ventilation Technique on Complications in the Pediatric Difficult Intubation Registry Using Propensity Score Matching. Anesth Analg, 2020. 131(2): p. 469-479.

3. Garcia-Marcinkiewicz, A.G., et al., First-attempt success rate of video laryngoscopy in small infants (VISI): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 2020. 396(10266): p. 1905-1913.

4. Simpao, A.F., C.T. Matava, and A. Davidson, Walk a Tightrope or Burn a Bridge?: Sedation versus General Anesthesia for Intubation of a Pediatric Difficult Airway. Anesthesiology, 2022. 137(4): p. 384-386.

5. Sequera-Ramos, L., et al., Sedation versus General Anesthesia for Tracheal Intubation in Children with Difficult Airways: A Cohort Study from the Pediatric Difficult Intubation Registry. Anesthesiology, 2022. 137(4): p. 418-433.