Abstract
Management of difficult airway has been always a challenge for the practising anaesthesiologist. Currently many gadgets are available to deal with difficult airway situations. However; these may not be available in remote locations and in all types of hospitals especially in developing nations. This chapter describes some simple valuable modifications of routinely available instruments in medical practice for dealing with difficult airway situations. All these gadgets are reported in the literature and familiarity with these can be helpful in certain difficult airway management situations with limited resources.
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Arya, V.K. (2014). Indigenous Devices in Difficult Airway Management. In: Khan, Z. (eds) Airway Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08578-4_11
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