New Developments in Airway Management, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

This issue of the Anesthesiology Clinics covers new developments in airway management that are essential for the practicing anesthesiologist to implement. Topics covered include the impact of the ASA Closed Claims Study, recommendations on how to apply airway management guidelines and algorithms, the accuracy (or inaccuracy) of predictors of difficult intubation, the supreme laryngeal mask airway, videolaryngoscopes, glidescopes, optical stylets, lung isolation, best practices for handling mass casualties, cricothyrotomy, tracheostomy, training and simulation, communications and reporting mechanisms, devoted societies, and CTrach laryngeal masks.