Address for Correspondence: Dr. Ahmet Şen, Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Faculty of Medicine, Rize, Turkey Phone: +90 464 213 04 91 E-mail: [email protected] ©Copyright 2014 by Turkish Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Society Available online at www.jtaics.org Received: 17.01.2014 Accepted: 12.05.2014 Available Online Date: 11.07.2014 DOI: 1...

BACKGROUND A critical aspect of safe general anesthesia is providing adequate ventilation and oxygenation. Failed endotracheal intubation and inadequate ventilation with insufficient oxygenation may lead to serious complications, even death. Anesthesiologists rarely encounter unexpected difficult airway problems in daily routine. Management of an unexpectedly difficult airway consists of laryng...

Selective collapse of a lung and one-lung ventilation (OLV) is now performed for most thoracic surgical procedures. Modern double-lumen endobronchial tubes and bronchial blockers have made lung separation safe and relatively easy to achieve. However, OLV in the patient with a 'difficult airway' can present a challenge to the anaesthesiologist. This review considers the different techniques used...

BACKGROUND The patient with difficult airways is a common challenge for emergency physicians. AIMS Our goal was to study the reasons for difficult airways in the emergency department. METHODS We performed a prospective observational study of patients requiring advanced airway management from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2006. RESULTS There were 2,343 patients who received advanced airway...