Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway

Complications during airway management occur frequently when treating children. Although tracheal intubation is a routine procedure, there are no pediatric texts dedicated to this essential practice. The lack of specific resources and knowledge makes treating children with complex airways even more challenging. This landmark book is dedicated to the successful management of the complex pediatric airway. It explores and evaluates current research and covers novel topics such as airway ultrasonography and apneic oxygenation. It delineates the risks associated with intubating children, and their preventative measures. Aimed at clinicians involved in airway management in any form, this book covers the basics of airway management and how to perform a variety of essential techniques. Both occasional and exclusive pediatric clinicians will find this a valuable resource to support best practice. The book is supplemented by additional videos online, enhancing the demonstration of devices and techniques discussed in the text.

Part I. Basic Principles, Assessment and Planning of Airway Management: 1. Developmental anatomy of the airway Rebecca S. Isserman and Ronald S. Litman; 2. The difficult pediatric airway: predictors, incidence, and complications Nicholas Burjek; 3. Universal algorithms and approaches to airway management Thomas Engelhardt and Andreas Machotta; Part II. Devices and Techniques to Manage the Abnormal Airway: 4. Direct laryngoscopy equipment and techniques Maria Matuszczak and Cheryl K. Gooden; 5. Supraglottic airways equipment and techniques Andrea S. Huang, Lisa E. Sohn, Suman Rao and Narasimhan Jagannathan; 6. Oxygenation techniques for children with difficult airways Paul A. Baker; 7. Video laryngoscopy equipment and techniques Agnes I. Hunyady, James Peyton, Sarah Lee and Raymond Park; 8. Flexible bronchoscopy techniques: nasal and oral approaches with evidence base Paul Stricker and Pete Kovatsis; 9. Optical stylet and light guided equipment and techniques Rajeev Subramanyam and Mohamed Mahmoud; 10. Rigid bronchoscopy equipment and techniques Jessica M. Van Beek-King and Jeffrey C. Rastatter; 11. Hybrid approaches to the difficult pediatric airway Patrick N. Olomu, Grace Hsu and Justin L. Lockman; 12. Muscle relaxants Annery Garcia-Marcinkiewicz; 13. Management of can't intubate and can't oxygenate scenario in children and infants Vivian Man-ying Yuen, Stefano Sabato and Birgitta Wong; 14. Ultrasonography for airway management Michael S. Kristensen, Wendy H. Teoh and Thomas Engelhardt; 15. Difficult airway cart for management of the difficult pediatric airway Alyson Walker and Britta S. von Ungern Sternberg; Part III. Special Topics: 16. Extubation in children with difficult airway Luis Sequera-Ramos, Alec Zhu, Benjamin Kiesel and Narasimhan Jagannathan; 17. Airway management in the child with an airway injury Somaletha T. Bhattacharya; 18. Airway management outside of the operating room: the emergency department Aaron Donoghue; 19. Airway management of the neonate and infant: the difficult and critical airway in the ICU setting Janet Lioy; 20. Airway management in EXIT procedures Debnath Chatterjee and Timothy M Crombleholme; 21. One lung ventilation in pediatric patients T. Wesley Templeton; Appendix 1: airway management videos Michelle Tsao, Anthony Tantoco and Narasimhan Jagannathan; Index.

Narasimhan Jagannathan is a Professor of Anesthesiology at Northwestern University Medical School, Illinois. He practices clinically at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Together with John E. Fiadjoe, he has dedicated his career to studying and caring for children with difficult airways. With more than 200 combined publications, they have helped to define the pediatric literature regarding airway management and have lectured internationally and led, hosted, and actively participated in numerous airway workshops. Their career goal of making airway management safer for children has culminated in the publication of this key resource.
John E. Fiadjoe is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He practices clinically at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Together with Narasimhan Jagannathan, he has dedicated his career to studying and caring for children with difficult airways. With more than 200 combined publications, they have helped to define the pediatric literature regarding airway management and have lectured internationally and led, hosted, and actively participated in numerous airway workshops. Their career goal of making airway management safer for children has culminated in the publication of this key resource.