Practice guidelines are developed recommendations that are subject to need-based and evolution-based revisions. The guidelines aid the practitioners with better decision-making.
The following practice guidelines for managing difficult airway is a revision of the American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) adopted 2012 guidelines. ## The revised guidelines (2022) are based on the new findings of the recent evidence-based scientific literature solely addressing difficult airway management that focuses on: ## · Awake airway management · Update on equipment for advanced airway management · Supplement oxygen administration · Invasive and noninvasive managerial alternatives · Emphasis on time management · Extubation recommendations · New algorithms for adult and pediatric airway management ## Before we begin with the guidelines, it is important to…
