Editorial Type:
Article Category: Other
| Online Publication Date: Jan 01, 2015
Airway Assessment for Office Sedation/Anesthesia
Airway Assessment for Office Sedation/Anesthesia
DMD and
DMD
Page Range: 74 – 80
Whenever a patient is about to receive sedation or general anesthesia, no matter what the technique, the preoperative assessment of the airway is one of the most important steps in ensuring patient safety and positive outcomes. This article, Part III in the series on airway management, is directed at the ambulatory office practice and focuses on predicting the success of advanced airway rescue techniques.Abstract
Keywords: Airway management; Airway evaluation; Emergency rescue; Sedation; Anesthesia
Copyright: © 2015 by the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
Contributor Notes
Address correspondence to Dr Morton Rosenberg, 1 Kneeland Street, Tufts University Schools of Dental Medicine and Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111; Morton.Rosenberg@tufts.edu.
Received: Mar 12, 2015
Accepted: Mar 12, 2015