Atlas of the difficult airway

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Atlas of the difficult airway

[edited by] Martin L. Norton ; editorial associate, Jeanne T. Fitzgerald ; medical artist, Claudia Bernardi

Mosby, c1996

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This text describes all the available techniques for evaluation and intubation of the airway, including details of airway management for a variety of procedures, including oral surgery and regional anaesthesia. This edition includes a new section on fibreoptic endoscopy, as well as more on LeFort facial trauma, rigid bronchoscopy and C-arm fluoroscope for intubation. The atlas format allows for visual display of techniques and abnormalities described in the text.

Table of Contents

  • The difficult airway in perspective
  • routine endoscopy and intubation
  • general anaesthesia management and instrumentation and equipment for the difficult airway
  • difficult airway clinic
  • developmental anatomy of the craniofacial area
  • radiologic techniques and evaluation management of the difficult airway
  • pulmonary function tests for extrathoracic obstruction
  • physiology and variations of the difficult airway
  • fibreoptic views of the airway
  • micrognathia, cervical spine and other bony considerations in the difficult airway
  • soft tissue considerations in the difficult airway
  • regional and topical anaesthesia
  • oral and maxillofacial surgical considerations
  • the difficult paediatric airway.

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