Management of a patient with a difficult airway has undergone significant changes in recent years, with the introduction of both new guidelines and equipment. Chapters cover basic topics such as recognition of a difficult airway and general principles of management and then move onto more complicated topics such as the 'anticipated' and 'unanticipated' difficult airway scenarios. New equipment is outlined and reviewed, and a chapter focuses on extubation and its importance. The book also includes a chapter on management in common clinical settings and a separate chapter covers paediatric airway management. This booksummarises the most up-to-date literature in a style that has direct clinicalapplication to busy healthcare professionals. Designed to give readers a greater insight into the management of difficult airway as a clinical entity, thispocketbook is the ideal easy reference guide.
- ISBN: 978-0-19-955451-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 184
- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés