Devices and Techniques to Manage the Abnormal Airway

Section 2 - Devices and Techniques to Manage the Abnormal Airway

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 September 2019

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Narasimhan Jagannathan and

John E. Fiadjoe

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Narasimhan Jagannathan: Affiliation:
Northwestern University Medical School, Illinois
John E. Fiadjoe: Affiliation:
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

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The technique of laryngoscopy is essential in the daily delivery of many anesthetics. Direct and indirect methods of laryngoscopy are quite commonly utilized. This chapter will address considerations as they relate to direct laryngoscopy.

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Information: Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway , pp. 27 - 160

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