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Canadian Airway Focus Group
- Canadian airway focus group updated consensus-based recommendations for management of the difficult airway: part 1. Difficult airway management encountered in an unconscious patient. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2021;68:1373–404
- Canadian Airway Focus Group updated consensus-based recommendations for management of the difficult airway: part 2. Planning and implementing safe management of the patient with an anticipated difficult airway. Can J Anesth 2021;68:1405–1436
French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
- Experts' guidelines of intubation and extubation of the ICU patient of French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine and French-speaking Intensive Care Society. Annals of Intensive Care 2019;9:13
- Langeron. Intubation and extubation in adult anaesthesia. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2018;37:639–51
- Quintard. Intubation and extubation of the ICU patient. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2017;36:327–41
Chinese Collaboration Group for Emergency Airway Management
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Brazilian Society of Anesthesiology
Brazilian Society of Anesthesiology
- Recommendations from the Brazilian Society of Anesthesiology (SBA) for difficult airway management in adults. Braz J Anesthesiol 2024;74(1):744477
- Recommendations from the Brazilian Society of Anesthesiology (SBA) for difficult airway management in pediatric care. Braz J Anesthesiol 2024;74(1):744478
COVID -19
International
- Difficult airway management in adult coronavirus disease 2019 patients: statement by the Society of Airway Management. Anesth Analg 2021;133:876– 90
- Yao. Emergency tracheal intubation in 202 patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: lessons learnt and international expert recommendations. Br J Anaesthesia 2020;125:e28–e3
UK
- Consensus guidelines for managing the airway in patients with COVID-19: Guidelines from the Difficult Airway Society, the Association of Anaesthetists the Intensive Care Society, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Anaesthesia 2020;75(6):785-799
- The Royal College of surgeons multidisciplinary guidelines on elective tracheostomy insertion in COVID-19 ventilated patients. Surgeon 2021;19(5):e265-e269
China
- Perioperative management of patients infected with the novel coronavirus: recommendation from the joint task force of the Chinese Society of Anesthesiology and the Chinese Association of Anesthesiologists. Anesthesiology 2020;132:1307– 16
- Zuo. Expert recommendations for tracheal intubation in critically ill patients with novel coronavirus disease 2019. Chinese Medical Sciences Journal 2020;35:105–9
India
- Malhotra. Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA national) advisory and position statement regarding COVID-19. Indian J Anaesthesia 2020;64:259–63
- All India difficult airway association (AIDAA) consensus guidelines for airway management in the operating room during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indian J Anaesthesia 2020;64:S107–S115
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Last updated June 26th, 2025