Pediatric Airway

Author: Shane R. Sergent, DO Upper airway obstruction (UAO) is potentially problematic in any population, but the incidence is more common in children given that they have small compliant airways. UAO in newborns is frequently from congenital abnormalities. In contrast, infants and young children have a spectrum of differentiated causes, the most common being acute […]

Originally Published: Modern Resident, Jun/Jul 2010 Original Author: Karen Serrano, MDUniversity of Wisconsin Dept. of Emergency Medicine Submitted by: Saadiyah Bilal, Publications Committee, Co-Chair  Managing the pediatric airway poses unique challenges for the emergency physician, requiring a good understanding of pediatric anatomy and familiarity with child-specific tools and approaches for emergency airway.Children are more susceptible […]