Contents

### **Preface XI**



Preface

Endotracheal intubation is the most important component of airway management and is of vital importance. Airway management is a complicated medical practice in which many medical disciplines are involved. These medical disciplines include anesthesiology, emergen‐ cy medicine, critical care, pulmonary medicine, and surgery. Various examinations, maneu‐ vers, and positions may also be required for tracheal intubation. In addition, if the tracheal intubation could not be performed, surgical intervention should be implemented and oxy‐ genation should be provided by tracheotomy or cricothyrotomy. Thus, if intubation difficulty is predicted in medical situations where the airway opening should be provided, or if intuba‐ tion is not possible, a "difficult airway algorithm" should be used for life-saving procedures. In this book, the medical basis of hypoxia and oxygenation, functional airway anatomy and physiology, and difficult airway management are described. I am grateful to the authors for

their contributions to this book and hope that this book will be helpful to the readers.

**Prof.Dr.Riza Hakan Erbay, M.D.**

Faculty of Medicine Pamukkale University Denizli, Turkey

Chairman of Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation
