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New ASA Difficult Airway Guidelines. Expanded difficult airway definition Inclusion of videolaryngoscopy as a technique for difficult intubation Expanded discussion of Strategies for extubation Patient follow-up care.
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New ASA Difficult Airway Guidelines • Expanded difficult airway definition • Inclusion of videolaryngoscopy as a technique for difficult intubation • Expanded discussion of • Strategies for extubation • Patient follow-up care Practice guidelines for management of the difficult airway: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway. Anesthesiology2013;118:251–70.