The American Society of Anesthesiologists; All India Difficult Airway Association; European
Airway Management Society; European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care; …

Background The unanticipated difficult airway is a potentially life‐threatening event during
anaesthesia or acute conditions. An unsuccessfully managed upper airway is associated …

The purpose of this update of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) guidelines on
the pre-operative evaluation of the adult undergoing noncardiac surgery is to present …

A comment on this article appears in" An updated report by the American Society of
Anesthesiologists Task Force on management of the difficult airway: where is the aspiration …

Abstract Purpose Since the last Canadian Airway Focus Group (CAFG) guidelines were
published in 2013, the published airway management literature has expanded substantially …

Importance Recognizing patients in whom endotracheal intubation is likely to be difficult can
help alert physicians to the need for assistance from a clinician with airway training and …

Primary care services should ensure that all women of childbearing age have the
opportunity to optimise their weight before pregnancy. Advice on weight and lifestyle should …

Background Successful tracheal intubation during general anaesthesia traditionally requires
a line of sight to the larynx attained by positioning the head and neck and using a …

The objective of this study was to systematically determine the diagnostic accuracy of
bedside tests for predicting difficult intubation in patients with no airway pathology. Thirty-five …

Although bedside screening tests are routinely used to identify people at high risk of having
a difficult airway, their clinical utility is unclear. We estimated the diagnostic accuracy of …