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Airway Management in the Intensive Care Unit

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Securing the patient’s airway is one of the most basic skills an intensivist must master. Mishandling the airway in critical care patients may result in severe if not fatal complications. This chapter will focus on understanding how the clinician chooses basic or advanced airway techniques.

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    1. Denis H. Jablonka MD
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    1. Department of Surgical Critical Care Division of Surgery, The Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA

      John M. O’Donnell (Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit Chairman) (Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit Chairman)

    2. University Hospital Intensive Care Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

      Flávio E. Nácul

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    Jablonka, D.H., Rosenblatt, W. (2010). Airway Management in the Intensive Care Unit. In: O’Donnell, J.M., Nácul, F.E. (eds) Surgical Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77893-8_2

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