BENUMOF AND HAGBERG'S AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

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Enhance yourairway management skills and overcome clinical challenges with Benumof and Hagberg's AirwayManagement, 3rd Edition. Trusted by anesthesiologists,residents, and nurse anesthetists, this one-of-a-kindanesthesiology reference offers expert, full-color guidance on pre- and post-intubation techniques andprotocols, from equipment selection through management of complications.

Practice withconfidence by consulting the only reference exclusively dedicated to airwaymanagement, and trusted by anesthesiologists,residents, and nurse anesthetists for up-to-dateinformation on every aspect of the field.

Focus on the mostessential and practical information with a concise, how-to approach, carefullychosen illustrations, and case examples and analysis throughout.

Apply the latestknow-how with new chapters on video laryngoscopes and airway management duringCPR, plus comprehensive updates throughout from Dr. CarinHagberg and many new contributing experts on airwaymanagement.

Select the mostappropriate techniques for difficult cases using the latest ASAguidelines.

Gain a rich visualperspective on complex procedures and monitoring techniques with hundreds ofnew full-color illustrations throughout.

View videos ofintubation and airway management procedures online at www.expertconsult.com,plus access the entire, searchable contents of the book.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 1 Basic Clinical Science

1 FunctionalAnatomy of the Airway
2 Airway Imaging: Principles and Practical Guide
3 Ultrasonography in Airway Management
4 Physics and Modeling of the Airway
5 Physiology of the Airway
6 Airway Pharmacology
7 Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Responses toIntubation

Part 2 the Difficult Airway: Definition,Recognition, and the ASA Algorithm

8 Definitionand Incidence of the Difficult Airway
9 Evaluation and Recognition of the Difficult Airway
10 The ASA Difficult AirwayAlgorithm: Analysis and Presentation of a New Algorithm

Part 3 Preintubation-VentilationProcedures

11Preparation of the Patient for Awake Intubation
12 Aspiration Prevention and Prophylaxis: Preoperative Considerations
13 Preoxygen

Part 4 The AirwayTechniques

14 OxygenDelivery Systems, Inhalation Therapy, Respiratory Therapy
15 Nonintubation Management of the Airway: Airway Maneuvers and Mask Ventilation
16 Indications for Endotracheal Intubation
17 Laryngoscopic Orotrachealand Nasotracheal Intubation
18 Blind Digital Intubation
19 Fiberoptic and Flexible Endoscopic-Aided Technique
20 Retrograde Intubation Techniques
21 Intubating Introducers, Stylets,and Lighted Stylets (Lightwands)
22 Laryngeal Mask Airway
23 Non-Laryngeal Mask Airway Supraglottic AirwayDevices
24 Upper Airway Retraction: New and Old Laryngoscope Blades
25 Video Laryngoscopes
26 Separation of the Two Lungs: double-Lumen Tubes, EndobronchialBlockers, and Endobronchial Single-Lumen Tubes
27 Esophageal-Tracheal Double-Lumen Airways: The Combitube and EasyTube
28 Percutaneous TranslaryngealJet Ventilation
29 Performance of Rigid Bronchoscopy
30 Percutaneous Dilational Cricothyrotomy and Tracheostomy
31 Surgical Airway
32 Confirmation of Endotracheal Intubation

Part 5 Difficult Airway Situations

33 Prehospital Airway Management
34 Disaster Preparedness, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, and Airway Management
35 The Patient with a Full Stomach
36 The Difficult Pediatric Airway
37 The Difficult Airway in Obstetric Anesthesia
38 Anesthetic and Airway Management of Microlaryngeal Surgery and Upper Airway Endoscopy
39 The Difficult Airway in Conventional Head and Neck Surgery
40 Anesthesia for Laser Airway Surgery
41 The Traumatized Airway
42 The Difficult Airway in Neurosurgery
43 Obesity, Sleep Apnea, the Airway, and Anesthesia
44 Airway Management in Burn Patients
45 Regional Anesthesia and the Difficult Airway
46 Airway Management in Intensive Care Medicine

Part 6 PostintubationProcedures

47 Endotracheal Tube and Respiratory Care
48 Mechanical Ventilation
49 Monitoring the Airway and Pulmonary Function
50 Extubation and Reintubationof the Difficult Airway
51 Complications of Managing the Airway

Part 7 Societal Considerations

52 TeachingAirway Management Outside the Operating Room
53 Airway Management Instruction in the Operating Room
54 Effective Dissemination of Critical Airway Information: The MedicAlert Foundation National Difficult Airway/IntubationRegistry
55 Medical-Legal Considerations: The ASA ClosedClaims Project