The Difficult Airway

<p>Table of Contents<br>1.The Difficult Airway: Definitions and Algorithms – Zdravka Zafirova and Avery Tung<br>2.The  Expected Difficult Airway – Satya Krishna Ramachandran and Sachin Kheterpal<br>3.The Role of Awake Intubation – P. Allan Klock, Jr.<br>4.Unanticipated Difficult Direct Laryngoscopy: Methods to Improve Its Success – Mark E. Nunnally and Michael R. Hernandez <br>5.The Role of Rigid Fiberoptic Laryngoscopy – Richard M. Cooper <br>6.Role of Rigid Video Laryngoscopy – Richard M. Cooper and Corina Lee<br>7.The Role of the Supraglottic Airway – Irene P. Osborn<br>8.The Role of Flexible Bronchoscopy – David Glick <br>9.The Role of Optical Stylets – Richard Levitan <br>10.The Role of the Lightwand – Ashutosh Wali<br>11.Role of retrograde intubation – Martin Dauber <br>12.The Role of the Combitube and Laryngeal Tube – Michael Woo and Michael F. O’Connor<br>13.The Role of Transtracheal Jet Ventilation – Julio Cortiñas-Diaz and Seth Manoach<br>14.The Role of Surgical Airway Access – Kerstin M. Stenson<br>15.Evaluation and Management of the Difficult Pre-Hospital Airway – Janis P. Tupesis and Nathan Van Dyk<br>16.Extubation of the Difficult Airway – Richard Cooper and Louise Ellard<br></p>