General
General
- DeMasi. Evidence-based Emergency Tracheal Intubation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2025;211(7):1156–1164
- Long. Emergency medicine updates: Endotracheal intubation. Am J Emerg Med. 2024;85:108–116.
- De Jong. How to improve intubation in the intensive care unit. Update on knowledge and devices. Intensive Care Med 2022;48;1287-1298
Difficult Intubation
Awake Intubation
- Sandefur. Managing awake intubation. Ann Emerg Med 2025;85(1):21–30
- Vora. Awake tracheal intubation. BJA Education 2022;22(8):298-305
Emergency and Critical Care Intubation
- Lacy. Emergency medicine updates: The physiologically difficult airway. Am J Emerg Med. 2026;108:180–191.
- Russotto. Airway management in critically ill patients with obesity. Intensive Care Med. 2026;52(6):1256–1268.
- Kotani. The hemodynamics of tracheal intubation in critically ill patients: a narrative review. J Intensive Care. 2026;14:42.
- Di Giacinto. Ten tips for a safe approach in airway management. J Anesth Analg Crit Care. 2026;6:71.
- Kataria. Airway Management in the ICU and Emergency Department in Resource-Limited Settings. Life (Basel). 2026;16(2):195.
- Russotto. Airway management in critically ill patients. BJA Educ. 2025;25(9):375–381.
- Long. Emergency medicine updates: Endotracheal intubation. Am J Emerg Med. 2024;85:108–116.
- Miller. Endotracheal Intubation Outside the Operating Room: Year in Review 2023. Respir Care. 2024;69(9):1165–1181.
- Nah. Current trends in emergency airway management: a clinical review. Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2024;11(3):243–258.
- Mosier. The Physiologically Difficult Airway and Management Considerations. Curr Anesthesiol Rep. 2024;14(3):446–457.
Rapid Sequence Intubation and Induction
- Boulos. Rapid Sequence Intubation in High-Risk Patients: What Clinicians and Researchers Must Know – A Narrative Review. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2026;45(4):101764.
- Ali. The Role of Cricoid Pressure in Rapid Sequence Induction. Curr Anesthesiol Rep. 2024;14(4):497–502.
Preoxygenation and Peri-intubation Oxygenation
- Gutierrez. Preoxygenation When Standard Approaches Fail: Phenotype-Based Strategies for High-Risk Emergent Intubations. J Clin Med. 2026;15(7):2477.
- Monet. Preoxygenation in the ICU. J Clin Med. 2025;14(20):7305.
- Alageel. High flow nasal cannula for preoxygenation in rapid sequence intubation: a narrative review. Signa Vitae. 2025;21(9):20–26.
- Barbosa. Preoxygenation and apneic oxygenation in emergency airway management. Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2024;11(2):136–144.
Difficult Airway Assessment, Ultrasound and Artificial Intelligence
- Sorbello. Artificial intelligence in airway management: a narrative review. Br J Anaesth. 2026;136(5):1606–1615.
- Paternò. Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Airway Management. J Clin Med. 2026;15(7):2726.
- Alatau. Artificial Intelligence for Predicting Difficult Airways: A Review. J Clin Med. 2025;14(23):8600.
- Riveros-Perez. Airway Ultrasound: A Narrative Review of Present Use and Future Applications in Anesthesia. Healthcare (Basel). 2025;13(13):1502.
- Marchis. Trends in Preoperative Airway Assessment. Diagnostics (Basel). 2024;14(6):610.
- Chen. A review of the current status and progress in difficult airway assessment research. Eur J Med Res. 2024;29:172.
- Naik. Scope of artificial intelligence in airway management. Indian J Anaesth. 2024;68(1):105–110.
Videolaryngoscopy, Intubation Devices and Emerging Technology
- Kelly. Implementation of default videolaryngoscopy instead of direct laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation: a narrative review of evidence and experiences. Anaesthesia. 2025;80(12):1540–1555.
- Chen. Emerging technologies in airway management: a narrative review of intubation robotics and anatomical structure recognition algorithms. BioMed Eng OnLine. 2025;24:77.
- Liu. Advances in airway management in recent 10 years from 2013 to 2023. Anesthesiol Perioper Sci. 2023;1:27.
- Gaszyński. New Devices, Innovative Technologies, and Non-Standard Techniques for Airway Management: A Narrative Review. Healthcare (Basel). 2023;11(18):2468.
- Saul. Airway Management: The Current Role of Videolaryngoscopy. J Pers Med. 2023;13(9):1327.
Awake Intubation
- Courtney. Maintaining oxygenation during awake fibre-optic intubation—the role of high flow nasal oxygen therapy: a narrative review. J Oral Maxillofac Anesth. 2025;4:25.
- Gostelow. Awake tracheal intubation: a narrative review. J Oral Maxillofac Anesth. 2023;2:27.
Paediatric Emergency and Difficult Airway
- Baudin. Airway management in critically ill children, what clinicians and searchers must know. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2026;45(3):101760.
- Zimmermann. Airway management in pediatrics: improving safety. J Anesth. 2025;39(1):123–133.
- Belal. Improving airway management in pediatric emergency intubation: A narrative review with a focus on bougie guidance in settings with limited resources. Hong Kong J Emerg Med. 2024;31(6):435–446.
- Haag. Emergency front-of-neck access in pediatric anesthesia: A narrative review. Paediatr Anaesth. 2024;34(6):495–506.
Airway Emergencies, Rescue and Special Settings
- Parr. Narrative review of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation utilization in surgical management of tracheal intubation injuries. J Thorac Dis. 2026;18(4):423.
- Shaaib. Unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a review. Signa Vitae. 2026;22(2):13–19.
- Lacy. Airway management in emergency department thoracotomy: A narrative review. Am J Emerg Med. 2026;99:477–482.
- Lacy. Prehospital Cricothyrotomy: A Narrative Review of Technical, Educational, and Operational Considerations for Procedure Optimization. J Emerg Med. 2025;70:19–34.
- Whatling. Adult front of neck airway: a narrative review. J Oral Maxillofac Anesth. 2024;3:22.
- Athanassoglou. In-hospital management of the airway in trauma. BJA Educ. 2024;24(7):238–244.
- Dow. Jet ventilation for maxillofacial and laryngotracheal anaesthesia: a narrative review. J Oral Maxillofac Anesth. 2024;3:4.
Human Factors, Education and Airway Systems
Background
General
Conditions
Neonates & Infants
Head & Neck Surgery
Non-Operating Room Intubation
Complications
Cardiovascular Collapse
Oesophageal Intubation
Monitoring & Investigations
General
Therapies
Rapid Sequence Intubation
Delayed Sequence Intubation
Pre-Oxygenation
- Gutierrez. Preoxygenation When Standard Approaches Fail: Phenotype-Based Strategies for High-Risk Emergent Intubations. J Clin Med. 2026;15(7):2477.
- Monet. Preoxygenation in the ICU. J Clin Med. 2025;14(20):7305.
- Alageel. High flow nasal cannula for preoxygenation in rapid sequence intubation: a narrative review. Signa Vitae. 2025;21(9):20–26.
- Barbosa. Preoxygenation and apneic oxygenation in emergency airway management. Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2024;11(2):136–144.
- La Via. Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation for Pre-Oxygenation of Critically Ill Patients Before Intubation. J Clin Med 2025;14:5356
Front-of-Neck Access
- Lacy. Prehospital Cricothyrotomy: A Narrative Review of Technical, Educational, and Operational Considerations for Procedure Optimization. J Emerg Med. 2025;70:19–34.
- Whatling. Adult front of neck airway: a narrative review. J Oral Maxillofac Anesth. 2024;3:22.
- Haag. Emergency front-of-neck access in pediatric anesthesia: A narrative review. Paediatr Anaesth. 2024;34(6):495–506.
Last updated August 7th, 2026


