Physiology of the airway -- Airway Assessment-A Critical Appraisal -- Video laryngoscopy & indirect intubating aids in airway management -- Perioperative care of ambulatory anaesthesia -- The pediatric airway: Normal and abnormal -- Intubation of the pediatric patient -- The difficult pediatric airway: Management options -- Perioperative Management of obstructive sleep apnea -- Airway management in traumatic brain injury -- Airway management in cervical spine injured patients -- Indigenous devises in difficult airway management -- Cricothyrotomy -- Surgical airway -- SurgicalÂ{u0870}proaches to airway management.-Â{u4A66}fficult Airway in Obstetrics -- Ultrasonography: Heralding a new era in airway management.

This book integrates chapters on a variety of topics ranging from airway physiology to scenarios of a difficult airway, and reviews and management options in patients who are known to have a difficult airway such as the difficult pediatric airway, the difficult airway in obstetrics, and those suffering from obstructive sleep apnea. All theÂ{u3A21}pters are written by renowned contributors from all over the world with tremendous experience and expertise in the various fields. The probable overspill of the secretions into the lungs is a tangible fear and this aspect has been fully addressed in the chapters. The reviews presented herein describe difficult airway scenarios in a plethora of clinical settings that would help the anesthesiologists, emergency medicine specialists and the intensivists in taking steps in the right direction when posed with a challenging airway, thus ensuring safe anesthesia practice and patient care, which is our most cherished goal.