Difficult Airway Management in Neonates and Infants: Knowledge of Devices and a Device-Oriented Strategy.

ABSTRACT: Difficult airway management (DAM) in neonates and infants requires anesthesiologists and critical care clinicians to respond rapidly with appropriate evaluation of specific situations. Therefore, organizing information regarding DAM devices and device-oriented guidance for neonate and infant DAM treatment will help practitioners select the safest and most effective strategy. Based on DAM device information and reported literature, there are three modern options for DAM in neonates and infants that can be selected according to the anatomical difficulty and device-oriented strategy: (1) video laryngoscope (VLS), (2) supraglottic airway device (SAD), and (3) flexible fiberoptic scope (FOS). Some VLSs are equipped with small blades for infants. Advanced SADs have small sizes for infants, and s

SUBMITTER: Sawa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8138561 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature