Principles of Airway Management

Principles of Airway Management, 4th Edition, reviews the essential aspects of airway management: anatomy, equipment, intubation, fiberoptic endoscopy, surgical approaches, intubating LMA (lightwand), pediatric airway, CPR, and mechanical ventilation. The book features well-balanced discussions of the complexities and difficult issues associated with airway management; excellent organization that ensures the material can be learned and applied to various situations; the latest equipment and techniques; summary boxes which highlight the most important points of each chapter; and more than 400 illustrations (many in color, for the first time), tables, and boxes.

Author Biography

Brendan T. Finucane, MBBCh, FRCPC Professor Emeritus Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Dr. Finucane is also the editor of Complications of Regional Anesthesia, 2nd ed. (Springer, 2007). Albert H. Santora, MD Athens, GA USA Ban C.H. Tsui, Dip Eng, BSc(Math), B Pharm, MD, MSc, FRCPC Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine University of Alberta Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Service Stollery Children’s Hospital / University of Alberta Hospital Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Dr. Tsui is also the author of Atlas of Ultrasound and Nerve Stimulation-Guided Regional Anesthesia (Springer, 2007).