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SUBMITTER: Tsay PJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9027904 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) 20220415 4
Induction of anesthesia can be challenging for patients with difficult airways and head or neck tumors. Factors that could complicate airway management include poor dentition, limited mouth opening, restricted neck motility, narrowing of oral airway space, restricted laryngeal and pharyngeal space, and obstruction of glottic regions from the tumor. Current difficult airway management guidelines include awake tracheal intubation, anesthetized tracheal intubation, or combined awake and anesthetize ...[more]