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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 4. Resuscitative Procedures > |
Chapter 29. Pediatric Airway Management
Sections: Pediatric Airway Management: Introduction, Physiologic Characteristics, Anatomic Characteristics, Equipment, Approach to Airway Management in Neonates and Infants, The Difficult Pediatric Airway, References.
Topics Discussed: airway maintenance.
Excerpt:"There are significant physiologic, anatomic, and equipment differences between
children and adults that must be considered when planning the approach
to the emergent pediatric airway. The presentation of a critically
ill child requiring intubation is relatively uncommon compared to adults.
This chapter presents the physiologic and anatomic characteristics
of the pediatric airway, strategies for effective airway management, and
organization methods for equipment to minimize errors in equipment
sizing and medication dose calculation.1..."
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