Since the first iteration of the ASA Difficult Airway Practice Guidelines for the management of
the difficult airway was published in 1993 (updated in 2013), 1 a number of national …

Abstract Purpose Since the last Canadian Airway Focus Group (CAFG) guidelines were
published in 2013, the published airway management literature has expanded substantially …

Updating our approach to the difficult and failed airway: time to ‘‘stop and think’’ Page 1
EDITORIALS Updating our approach to the difficult and failed airway: time to ‘‘stop and think’’ …

These guidelines provide a strategy to manage unanticipated difficulty with tracheal
intubation. They are founded on published evidence. Where evidence is lacking, they have …

Background Previously active in the mid-1990s, the Canadian Airway Focus Group (CAFG)
studied the unanticipated difficult airway and made recommendations on management in a …

Abstract In February 2013 the Committee of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
Task Force published the amended version of the „Practice guidelines for management of …

We thank Chambers for the many positive comments in his editorial (Anaesthesia 2004; 59:
631–3) that accompanied publication of the Difficult Airway Society (DAS) guidelines on …

Background Appropriate planning is crucial to avoid morbidity and mortality when difficulty is
anticipated with airway management. Many guidelines developed by national societies have …

Abstract The All India Difficult Airway Association (AIDAA) guidelines for management of the
unanticipated difficult airway in adults provide a structured, stepwise approach to manage …

Summary Both the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Difficult Airway Society of
the United Kingdom have published guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult …