Considered the go-to reference in airway management not only in anesthesia practice but also in emergency medicine and intensive care settings, Hagberg and Benumof's Airway Management ensures that practitioners worldwide are familiar and proficient with the most recent developments in equipment and scientific knowledge in this fast-changing area. Covering all aspects of this fundamental practice, the new 5th Edition facilitates the safe performance of airway management for all airway practitioners, regardless of specialty, using a concise, how-to approach, carefully chosen illustrations, and case examples and analysis throughout.
The only volume of its kind completely dedicated to airway management, this edition features:
Well-illustrated and tightly focused coverage, with anatomical drawings, charts, algorithms, photos, and imaging studies for quick reference—many new to this edition
Key Points in every chapter, as well as up-to-date information on the latest ASA guidelines
Two new chapters covering Combination Techniques and Human Factors in Airway Management; all other chapters have been thoroughly revised to reflect current thinking and practice
A significantly expanded video library, including intubating the COVID-19 patient and new videos on ultrasonography of the airway
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
PART 1. Basic Clinical Science Considerations 1. Functional Anatomy of the Airway 2. Radiographic and Cross-Sectional Imaging of the Airway 3. Ultrasonography in Airway Management 4. Physics of the Airway 5. Physiology of the Airway 6. Airway Pharmacology 7. Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Responses to Intubation
PART 2. The Difficult Airway: Definition, Assessment, Planning, and Algorithms 8. Definition and Incidence of the Difficult Airway 9. Airway Assessment and Prediction of the Difficult Airway 10. Development of an Airway Management Plan 11. Algorithms for Management of the Difficult Airway 12. Human Factors in Airway Management
PART 3. Preintubation-Ventilation Procedures 13. Preparation of the Patient for Awake Intubation 14. Aspiration Prevention and Prophylaxis: Preoperative Considerations for the Full Stomach Patient 15. Perioxygenation 16. Techniques to Induce General Anesthesia
PART 4. The Airway Techniques 17. History of Airway Management 18. Noninvasive Management of the Airway 19. Supraglottic Airway Techniques 20. Laryngoscopic Tracheal Intubation 21. Nonvisual Techniques of Tracheal Intubation 22. Intubating Introducers and Lighted and Optical Stylets 23. Video-Assisted Laryngoscopy 24. Flexible Scope Intubation Techniques 25. Combination Techniques 26. Lung Isolation Techniques 27. Rigid Bronchoscopy 28. Percutaneous Emergency Airway Access 29. Surgical Airway in Emergent and Nonemergent Contexts 30. Confirmation of Tracheal Intubation
PART 5. Difficult Airway Situations 31. Prehospital Airway Management 32. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Airway Management 33. Austere Environment and Disaster Preparedness 34. Airway Management in Trauma 35. Airway Management in Burn Patients 36. Airway Management in Pediatric Patients 37. Airway Management in Obstetric Patients 38. Airway Management in Head and Neck Surgery 39. Airway Management in Neurosurgical Patients 40. Obesity, Sleep Apnea, the Airway, and Anesthesia 41. Regional Anesthesia and the Difficult Airway 42. Airway Management in Non-Operating Room Locations 43. Airway Management in Intensive Care Medicine
PART 6. Postintubation Procedures 44. The Endotracheal Tube and Respiratory Care 45. Mechanical Ventilation 46. Monitoring the Airway and Pulmonary Function 47. Extubation and Reintubation of the Difficult Airway 48. Complications of Managing the Airway
PART 7. Societal Considerations 49. Airway Management Education 50. Dissemination of Critical Airway Information 51. Airway Research 52. Airway Management and Outcomes Reporting 53. Role of the Airway Community
Carin A. Hagberg, MD, FASA, Chief Academic Officer, Bud Johnson Clinical Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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