Airway management

In this article the author discusses standard oral, nasal, and surgical approaches to airway management, including some modifications of these routine techniques. Several specific clinical settings then are presented, and airway management options and recommendations for each condition are discussed. The clinical circumstances covered include blunt trauma, conditions causing elevated intracranial pressure, anterior neck trauma, problems of pediatric patients, and foreign body aspiration. A number of novel, unorthodox approaches to airway management also are presented.