biostudies-literatureUnknown69(11)Shah APThe All India Difficult Airway Association developed clinical practice statements utilising the Delphi method among experts for specific interventions in the management of unanticipated difficult airways in adult, obstetric, and paediatric populations, as well as for the management of at-risk extubations, where existing evidence was either weak or absent. A Steering Committee consisting of nine airway experts and a Delphi methodologist convened a panel of 24 experts, from whom anonymous responses were collected via an online Delphi survey. Consensus was defined as at least 75% experts voting for a particular option in multiple-choice statements, and agreement (scores of 5-7) or disagreement (scores of 1-3) on a nominal 7-point Likert scale statement. The stability of responses between consIndian journal of anaesthesia1106-1116https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12643131biostudies-literatureExpert consensus for difficult airway management in the absence of clear evidence using a Delphi method.PMC12643131Kundra PAhmed SMGrewal ASahu SDas SMehandale SGParameswari AKumar RRamkumar VShah APDoctor JRGarg RManjuldevi MMalde ADSingaravelu RBhat MGSolanki SLGoswami JTiwari TYaddanapudi SPawar DMyatra SNKumar MRASharma JDivatia JVBhardwaj NGhosh SSwaika SNasa PRanjan RVPatwa AShetty SRAli ZfalseExpert consensus for difficult airway management in the absence of clear evidence using a Delphi method.The All India Difficult Airway Association developed clinical practice statements utilising the Delphi method among experts for specific interventions in the management of unanticipated difficult airways in adult, obstetric, and paediatric populations, as well as for the management of at-risk extubations, where existing evidence was either weak or absent. A Steering Committee consisting of nine airway experts and a Delphi methodologist convened a panel of 24 experts, from whom anonymous responses were collected via an online Delphi survey. Consensus was defined as at least 75% experts voting for a particular option in multiple-choice statements, and agreement (scores of 5-7) or disagreement (scores of 1-3) on a nominal 7-point Likert scale statement. The stability of responses between cons2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Nov2026-06-05T18:44:47.971Z2026-05-20T03:13:08.305ZS-EPMC126431314129314710.4103/ija.ija_1333_25