Clinical Review
Management of the Difficult Airway in the Era of Innovation
Emergency Medicine. 2010 February;42(2):6-12
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Donald Byars II, MD, FACEP, and David Evans, MD
A difficult airway must be secured immediately, often without help from a surgeon or another subspecialist. Several useful adjuncts provide alternatives to direct laryngoscopy or surgery. The authors discuss these options and present a decision-making algorithm.