Pediatric airway management

Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2008 Nov;26(4):961-75, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2008.08.004.

Abstract

Pediatric airway problems are seen commonly in pediatric and general emergency departments, management of the pediatric airway is often stressful to providers. This article reviews the pediatric airway, highlighting the anatomic and physiologic differences between infant, pediatric and adult airways, and how these differences impact assessment and management of the pediatric airway.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aging / physiology*
  • Airway Obstruction* / etiology
  • Airway Obstruction* / therapy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intubation, Intratracheal
  • Masks
  • Oxygen / administration & dosage
  • Oxygen / therapeutic use*
  • Pediatrics*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency* / etiology
  • Respiratory Insufficiency* / physiopathology
  • Respiratory Insufficiency* / therapy
  • Respiratory Physiological Phenomena*
  • Respiratory System* / anatomy & histology
  • Respiratory System* / growth & development
  • Work of Breathing / physiology*

Substances

  • Oxygen