Intraoperative airway management after burn injury
Intraoperative airway management after burn injury
NMBA: neuromuscular blocking agent.
* Refer to UpToDate's content on emergency care of thermal burns in adults.
¶ Refer to UpToDate's content on anesthesia for patients with burn injuries.
Δ Refer to UpToDate's content on management of the difficult airway. ◊ Refer to UpToDate's content on flexible scope intubation.
Original figure modified for this publication. Kaiser HE, Kim CM, Sharar SR, Olivar HP. Advances in Perioperative and Critical Care of the Burn Patient : Anesthesia Management of Major Thermal Burn Injuries in Adults. Adv Anesth 2013; 31:137. Figure used with the permission of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
