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Airway Management in Pediatric Patients

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Airway management represents the first priority for the anesthesiologist who is asked to treat a critically ill child. During pediatric age, the incidence of unpredicted difficult intubation is rare, and most children with difficult airway can be identified during preoperative evaluation.

However, unpredictable difficulties at intubation and/or ventilation may be a cause for high mortality and morbidity. The purpose of this chapter is to review the principal papers published about pediatric airway management, with particular attention to our national society guidelines that are so far the landmark for most anesthesiologists and intensivists. Particularly, the peculiar anatomic and physiological characteristics of children, the preoperative evaluation, the use of specific materials, and difficult intubation situations will be discussed.

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Chidini, G., Stefania, M. (2019). Airway Management in Pediatric Patients. In: Chiumello, D. (eds) Practical Trends in Anesthesia and Intensive Care 2018. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94189-9_12

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