Atlas of Airway Management: Techniques and Tools

Clinical applications in airway management are dependent on both the anatomy of the individual, and the individual's co-morbidities, with different tools available for different patient presentations. The first edition of this atlas presented the most commonly used tools via clinical photos, and demonstrated proper and improper positioning with photos utilizing cross-sectional cadaver anatomy so the relevant anatomy in relation to the equipment could be clearly seen. The second edition presents an improved and enlarged text. New sections have been created on pediatric applications, bronchoscopy, special airway considerations in the emergency room and the ICU, and post-intubation care issues. There are also new chapters on airway management for patients with obstructive sleep apnea and morbid obesity, as well as a new chapter on airway issues for gynecologic patients. A new section exists for surgical situations requiring specialized airway management. The second edition comes with a website that includes instructional videos and the fully searchable contents of the book.

--NEW Improved and enlarged illustration program
--NEW Paul Bigeleisen added as a co-editor
--NEW Specific clinical airway problems and the decision-making process to resolve them have been added
--NEW The Glidescope and other video-type laryngoscopes have been added
--NEW Website includes videos of airway procedures
--Clinical orientation with little theory
--Concise text, often in lists
--Lavishly illustrated with color photographs and drawings
--Step-by-step "how-to" approach
--Tools and techniques cover those used in anesthesiology, critical care, pediatric critical care, and emergency medicine

Steven L Orebaugh MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Southside/ Mercy Ambulatory Center, Pittsburgh, PA


Paul E Bigeleisen MD
Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.