| An evidence-based approach to airway management: is there a role for clinical practice guidelines? | |
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PMID: 22074085 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Complications arising out of airway management represent an important cause of anaesthesia-associated morbidity and mortality. Anaesthetic practice itself can lead to preventable harm, a particular example being persistent attempts at direct laryngoscopy, that results in delay in employing alternative strategies (or devices) when intubation is difficult. When patients are injured, expert review is called upon and often concludes that airway management provided by the anaesthetists was substandard. Many training programmes do not offer their trainees structured or organised teaching in airway management and many trainees probably enter practice with limited skills to deal with difficult airways. The literature on the management of the difficult airway in anaesthesia practice (especially as it relates to new technology and salvage strategies) is expanding rapidly. New technologies and practised response algorithms may be helpful in the management of the difficult airway, reducing the potential for adverse patient outcomes. Specialist societies and national interest groups can play an important role by critically reviewing and then applying the evidence base to generate clinical practice guidelines. The recommendations contained in such guidelines should be based on the most current evidence and they should be reviewed regularly for their content and continued relevance. |
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Authors:
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E T Crosby |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Anaesthesia Volume: 66 Suppl 2 ISSN: 1365-2044 ISO Abbreviation: Anaesthesia Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-11-14 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370524 Medline TA: Anaesthesia Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 112-8 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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© 2011 The Author. Anaesthesia © 2011 The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. |
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Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada. |
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