Guideline
Airway management in neonates and infants: European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and British Journal of Anaesthesia joint guidelines.
- Comfort and nursing care
- CPAP and high flow
- Delivery room and stabilisation
- Families and professional practice
- Mechanical ventilation
- Medical
- Newborn life support
- Nursing
- Pain and comfort
- Respiratory
Summary
Joint ESAIC and BJA evidence-based guideline on airway management in neonates and infants, developed using PICO questions and GRADE methodology. It covers preoperative assessment and preparation, medications, techniques and algorithms, recognition and management of the difficult airway, confirmation of tracheal intubation, extubation and human factors. Key themes include videolaryngoscopy as first choice, premedication with sedation and neuromuscular blockade, apnoeic oxygenation in neonates, supraglottic airway rescue, limiting intubation attempts, end-tidal CO2 confirmation and non-invasive post-extubation support.
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