Using patient-specific 3D or virtual reality (VR) models for preoperative assessment could help anesthesiologists better plan for procedures involving patients with suspected difficult airways, ...

Airway management experts are praising a large review of airway-related complications, saying the “herculean” effort provides important insights into the nature of airway management complications, ...

A new decision tree tool guides anesthesiologists through managing patients with difficult airways by improving communication and identifying factors of concern, according to a report in Anesthesia & ...

Thomas Wherry, MD, medical director for Health Inventures and principal for Total Anesthesia Solutions, discusses four best practices for managing a difficult airway. 1. Develop a difficult airway ...

Be prepared, that old Boy Scout motto, is being applied with great success to operating room patients whose anatomy may make it difficult for physicians to help them breathe during surgery, Johns ...

A new high-flow oxygen technique is as safe as standard anesthetic methods during tubeless upper airway surgery in children, according to University of Queensland research. Associate Professor Susan ...

That's the key question that a pair of University of Colorado Department of Emergency Medicine physicians and a medical student set out to answer through a survey of their peers nationwide. They ...