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Chapter 22 - The Compromised Paediatric Airway

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2025

By
Nadine Dobby
Edited by
James Ip ,
Grant Stuart ,
Isabeau Walker  and
Ian James
James Ip
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Grant Stuart
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Isabeau Walker
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Ian James
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
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Summary

This chapter describes the principles and practice of anaesthesia for dental surgery. A comprehensive account of the assessment, planning and conduct of anaesthesia is given. Commonly performed dental procedures are considered in detail, together with the management of dentofacial infection and maxillofacial trauma in children.

Keywords

Paediatric airway managementdifficult airwaydifficult intubationvideolaryngoscopefibreoptic intubation
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Core Topics in Paediatric Anaesthesia , pp. 251 - 260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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Further Reading

Adewale, L. Anatomy and assessment of the pediatric airway. Paediatric Anaesthesia 2009; 19:(suppl 1):1–8.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Black, AE. Management of the difficult airway. In: Bingham, R, Lloyd-Thomas, A, Sury, M, eds. Hatch and Sumner’s Textbook of Paediatric Anaesthesia, 3rd ed. Hodder Arnold. 2008. 315–29.Google Scholar
Bruce, IA, Rothera, MP. Upper airway obstruction in children. Paediatric Anaesthesia 2009; 19:(suppl 1): 88–99.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Cote, CJ, Hartnick, CJ. Pediatric transtracheal and cricothyrotomy airway devices for emergency use: which are appropriate for infants and children? Paediatric Anaesthesia 2009; 19:(suppl 1): 66–76.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Fiadjoe, J et al. Normal and difficult airways in children: ‘whats’s new’ – current evidence. Paediatric Anaesthesia 2019 23 December; 30(3):257–63.Google Scholar
Fiadjoe, J, Nishisaki, A. Airway management complications in children with difficult tracheal intubation from the Pediatric Difficult Intubation (PeDI) registry: a prospective cohort analysis. Lancet 2016 1 January; 4(1):P37–48.Google ScholarPubMed
Habre, W, Disma, N. Incidence of severe critical events in paediatric anaesthesia (APRICOT): a prospective multicentre observational study in 261 hospitals in Europe. Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2017 May; 5(5):412–25.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society. 4th National Audit Project: Major Complications of Airway Management in the United Kingdom. Report and Findings. Chapter 21: Children. 2011 March.Google Scholar

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  • The Compromised Paediatric Airway
  • Edited by James Ip, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, Grant Stuart, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, Isabeau Walker, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, Ian James, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
  • Book: Core Topics in Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Online publication: 06 February 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108955409.023
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  • The Compromised Paediatric Airway
  • Edited by James Ip, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, Grant Stuart, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, Isabeau Walker, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, Ian James, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
  • Book: Core Topics in Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Online publication: 06 February 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108955409.023
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  • The Compromised Paediatric Airway
  • Edited by James Ip, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, Grant Stuart, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, Isabeau Walker, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, Ian James, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
  • Book: Core Topics in Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Online publication: 06 February 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108955409.023
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