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Airway Management

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Proper airway management is vitally important to ensure adequate oxygenation and ventilation in a patient; without it, death, brain injury, and cardiopulmonary compromise can quickly ensue. Whether a patient receives general anesthesia—in which normal airway reflexes are deliberately suppressed in a controlled fashion—or intravenous sedatives that depress normal respirations in a dose-dependent manner, it is paramount to understand the anatomic abnormalities that can affect management of the airway. This chapter will examine features of both the normal and abnormal airway; highlight the nature of airway anomalies found in common pediatric and adult syndromes; discuss components of a comprehensive airway examination; and describe the airway management for these patients. A thorough understanding of proper airway assessment can go a long way in minimizing the morbidity and mortality that can result from inadequate oxygenation and ventilation.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Monica S. Ganatra

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  1. Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA

    Deepak Narayan

  2. Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Shanta E. Kapadia

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans Health, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Gopal Kodumudi

  4. Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

    Nalini Vadivelu

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Ganatra, M.S. (2021). Airway Management. In: Narayan, D., Kapadia, S.E., Kodumudi, G., Vadivelu, N. (eds) Surgical and Perioperative Management of Patients with Anatomic Anomalies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55660-0_3

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