Strengthen the Management of Difficult Airway and Improve the Treatment of Clinical Practice: Interpretation on 2022 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway

Abstract

Airway management is a basic skill for emergency doctors. Difficult airways are one of the most important challenges. In 2022, the American Association of anesthesiologists published the fourth edition of guideline on the management of difficult airways, which provided us with the latest evidence-based medicine about the definition, evaluation, preparation, management and extubation of difficult airways. To improve the status of airway management of emergency doctors in China, this paper interprets the key points and updates the contents of the guidelines from the perspective of emergency medicine.

Keywords

• difficult airway
• management
• emergency
• clinical practice guideline
• interpretation