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Manual of airway management in critical care / [editors] Jarrod M. Mosier, Calvin A. Brown, III, Matteo Parotto, Raquel R. Bartz.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Mosier, Jarrod M., editor.
Brown, Calvin A., III, editor.
Parotto, Matteo, editor.
Bartz, Raquel R., editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Critical care medicine.
Airway Management.
Critical Care.
Airway Obstruction--therapy.
Medical Subjects:
Airway Management.
Critical Care.
Airway Obstruction--therapy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2025]
Summary:
"We present this first edition of Manual of Airway Management in Critical Care with great excitement and dedication. This book is the culmination of many collective years of experience, research, and passion for airway management. However, you may be asking the reasonable question that is, "why do we need another textbook on airway management?""-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Why airway management matters
Functional airway anatomy
The decision to intubate
The difficult airway
Airway evaluation for anatomic difficulty
The physiologically difficult airway: hemodynamics
The physiologically difficult airway: hypoxemia
The physiologically difficult airway: metabolic acidosis, induction drugs, and positive pressure ventilation
Developing your strategy
Applied airway ultrasound
Applied ultrasonography
Options
Sedative agents for rapid sequence intubation
Neuromuscular blocking agents
Vasoactive agents
Topical anesthetics and anesthesia for awake intubation
Preoxygenation and apneic oxygenation
Physiologic optimization
Positioning
Maximizing first-attempt success
Bag-mask ventilation
Extraglottic devices
Direct laryngoscopy
Video laryngoscopy
Flexible endoscopic intubation
Tracheal intubation using optical stylets
Surgical airways
Combination techniques
The failed airway
Mechanical ventilation and post-intubation sedation, hemodynamics, and bundle
Extubation and tube exchange
Percutaneous tracheostomy
The trauma patient
The neurologic patient
The medical patient
The pediatric patient
The surgical patient
Remote and austere environments
Human factors
Organizational factors
Airway management research.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 21, 2025).
Other Format:
Print version: Manual of airway management in critical care
ISBN:
9781975214210
1975214218
OCLC:
1435753342
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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