Principles of Airway Management, 4th Edition, reviews the essential aspects of airway management: anatomy, equipment, intubation, fiberoptic endoscopy, surgical approaches, intubating LMA (lightwand), pediatric airway, CPR, and mechanical ventilation. The book features well-balanced discussions of the complexities and difficult issues associated with airway management; excellent organization that ensures the material can be learned and applied to various situations; the latest equipment and techniques; summary boxes which highlight the most important points of each chapter; and more than 400 illustrations (many in color, for the first time), tables, and boxes.
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1) Anatomy of the Airway 2) Basic Airway Management and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) 3) Basic Airway Management Equipment 4) Fiberoptic Airway Management Techniques 5) Evaluation of the Airway Before Intubation 6) Indications and Preparation of the Patient for Intubation 7) Techniques of Intubation 8) The Difficult Airway 9) Complications of Endotracheal Intubation 10) Surgical Approaches to Airway Management 11) The Pediatric Airway 12) Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Support 13) Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA)
