Avoidable, Unanticipated Difficult Airway. We can do something to improve our results?

First results of the survey.

Authors

  • Arritxu Zendoia Martín FEA Anestesia y Reanimación. Hospital Universitario Donostia
  • Karlos Reviejo Jaka FEA. Servicio de Medicina Intensiva Policlínica Gipuzkoa grupo Quirón Salud
  • María B. Serna Gandía FEA. Servicio de Anestesiología y Cuidados Intensivos. Hospital Marina Salud Denia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30445/rear.v12i1.769

Keywords:

INTERNATIONAL AIRWAY SOCIETIES RECOMMENDATIONS, NATIONAL AIRWAY SURVEY STUDY, PATIENT STANDARIZED WRITTEN AIRWAY NOTIFICATION, AIRWAY DOCUMENTATION, DIFFICULT AIRWAY ALERT

Abstract

Background:

The prediction of a difficult airway is the first step to establish a clinical safety strategie to follow in its approach. Among predictors available for the recognition of a difficult airway (DA), DA background is one of the most relevant.

To prevent future episodes of DA, it´s necessary to record and document previous events, and  also activate effective ways to transmite the DA information.

Method

A prospective, cross-sectional study was performed, including specialists in anesthesiology and reanimation. It was subdivided into three sections: 1. Standardized airway registration, 2. DA definition, and 3. Documentation of a DA.

In this article, we present the results of the DA documentation section following the 2013 ASA Guidelines recommendations.

 

References

American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway. (2013). Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway. Anesthesiology, (2).

Feinleib, J., Foley, L., & Mark, L. (2015). What We All Should Know About Our Patient’s Airway. Difficult Airway Communications, Database Registries, and Reporting Systems Registries. Anesthesiology Clinics, 33(2), 397–413.

Heidi M. Koenig, MD (2010) No More Difficult Airway, Again! Time for Consistent Standardized Written Patient Notification of a Difficult Airway. The Oficial Journal of the Anesthesia Safety Foundation, newsletter summer 2010.

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Published

2020-09-10

How to Cite

Zendoia Martín, A., Reviejo Jaka, K., & Gandía, M. B. S. (2020). Avoidable, Unanticipated Difficult Airway. We can do something to improve our results? First results of the survey. Revista Electrónica AnestesiaR, 12(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.30445/rear.v12i1.769

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Vol. 12 No. 1 (2020): Revista Electrónica de AnestesiaR

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Review articles

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