Open AccessAll India Difficult Airway Association 2016 guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation in Paediatrics
Author(s) -
JesonRajan Doctor,
DilipK Pawar,
U S Raveendra,
S. Ramesh,
SumalathaRadhakrishna Shetty,
JigeeshuVasishtha Divatia,
SheilaNainan Myatra,
Amit Shah,
Rakesh Garg,
Pankaj Kundra,
Apeksh Patwa,
SyedMoied Ahmed,
Sushmita Das,
Venkateswaran Ramesh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.195483
Subject(s) - medicine , airway management , airway , tracheal intubation , guideline , intubation , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , anesthesia , pathology
The All India Difficult Airway Association guidelines for the management of the unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation in paediatrics are developed to provide a structured, stepwise approach to manage unanticipated difficulty during tracheal intubation in children between 1 and 12 years of age. The incidence of unanticipated difficult airway in normal children is relatively rare. The recommendations for the management of difficult airway in children are mostly derived from extrapolation of adult data because of non-availability of proven evidence on the management of difficult airway in children. Children have a narrow margin of safety and mismanagement of the difficult airway can lead to disastrous consequences. In our country, a systematic approach to airway management in children is lacking, thus having a guideline would be beneficial. This is a sincere effort to protocolise airway management in children, using the best available evidence and consensus opinion put together to make airway management for children as safe as possible in our country.