Ming Xia, Wuhua Ma, Mingzhang Zuo, Xiaoming Deng, Fushan Xue, Denise Battaglini, Vivek Aggarwal, Giustino Varrassi, Vladimir Cerny, Ida Di Giacinto, Rita Cataldo, Daqing Ma, Toru Yamamoto, Martina Rekatsina, Alessandro De Cassai, Andrea Carsetti, Marvin G Chang, Edwin Seet, Daniel P Davis, Michael G Irwin, Yuguang Huang, Hong Jiang
BACKGROUND: Identifying a potentially difficult airway is crucial both in anaesthesia in the operating room (OR) and non-operation room sites. There are no guidelines or expert consensus focused on the assessment of the difficult airway before, so this expert consensus is developed to provide guidance for airway assessment, making this process more standardized and accurate to reduce airway-related complications and improve safety. METHODS: Seven members from the Airway Management Group of the Chinese Society of Anaesthesiology (CSA) met to discuss the first draft and then this was sent to 15 international experts for review, comment, and approval...
August 1, 2023: Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition