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Spanish Society of Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Pain Therapy (SEDAR), Spanish Society of Emergency and Emergency Medicine (SEMES) and Spanish Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (SEORL-CCC) Guideline for difficult airway management. Part II

Mar 1, 2024 | Magazine: Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación

M Á Gómez-Ríos  1 , J A Sastre  2 , X Onrubia-Fuertes  3 , T López  2 , A Abad-Gurumeta  4 , R Casans-Francés  5 , D Gómez-Ríos  6 , J C Garzón  2 , V Martínez-Pons  7 , M Casalderrey-Rivas  8 , M Á Fernández-Vaquero  9 , E Martínez-Hurtado  4 , R Martín-Larrauri  10 , L Reviriego-Agudo  11 , U Gutierrez-Couto  12 , J García-Fernández  13 , A Serrano-Moraza  14 , L J Rodríguez Martín  15 , C Camacho Leis  15 , S Espinosa Ramírez  14 , J M Fandiño Orgeira  16 , M J Vázquez Lima  17 , M Mayo-Yáñez  18 , P Parente-Arias  18 , J A Sistiaga-Suárez  19 , M Bernal-Sprekelsen  20 , P Charco-Mora  7


Abstract

The Airway Management section of the Spanish Society of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation, and Pain Therapy (SEDAR), the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine (SEMES), and the Spanish Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (SEORL-CCC) present the Guide for the comprehensive management of difficult airway in adult patients.

Its principles are focused on the human factors, cognitive processes for decision-making in critical situations, and optimization in the progression of strategies application to preserve adequate alveolar oxygenation in order to enhance safety and the quality of care.

The document provides evidence-based recommendations, theoretical-educational tools, and implementation tools, mainly cognitive aids, applicable to airway management in the fields of anesthesiology, critical care, emergencies, and prehospital medicine. For this purpose, an extensive literature search was conducted following PRISMA-R guidelines and was analyzed using the GRADE methodology.

Recommendations were formulated according to the GRADE methodology. Recommendations for sections with low-quality evidence were based on expert opinion through consensus reached via a Delphi questionnaire.

CITATION  Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed). 2024 Mar;71(3):207-247. doi: 10.1016/j.redare.2024.02.002.  Epub 2024 Feb 8