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Clinical evaluation and airway management for adults with cervical spine instability
- Source :
- Anesthesiology clinics. 33(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Airway management of patients with cervical spine instability may be difficult as a result of immobilization, and may be associated with secondary neurologic injury related to cervical spine motion. Spinal cord instability is most common in patients with trauma, but there are additional congenital and acquired conditions that predispose to subacute cervical spine instability. Patients with suspected instability should receive immobilization during airway management with manual in-line stabilization. The best strategy for airway management is one that applies the technique with the highest likelihood of success on the first attempt and the lowest biomechanical influence on a potentially unstable spine.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Spinal cord
Cervical spine instability
Cervical spine
Surgery
Neurologic injury
Immobilization
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Spinal Injuries
medicine
Cervical Vertebrae
Intubation, Intratracheal
Humans
In patient
Airway management
Airway Management
business
Spinal cord injury
Clinical evaluation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19322275
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Anesthesiology clinics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1b694329e15812195624601499fca34c