**ICU Management of the difficult airway**

Usually most of patients with head and neck pathology with high concern about the postoperative airway will be managed on the ICU. Suggestions for successful

management includes good communication between all of the multidisciplinary team, handover to be written and verbal with clear description of the problem and how it was managed, the current state of the airway, what is the ongoing plane of management and whom to call in case of airway deterioration.

The decision to whether manage postoperative difficult airway interventions in ICU or in theater will depend on the clinical problem, availability of equipment, the urgency of the situation, and the relative proximity to theaters [12].
