Non-Anatomical Causes of Difficult Airway

Arkansas Anesthesia Partners

The management of a physiologically difficult airway poses unique challenges for healthcare providers in various clinical settings, including anesthesia, critical care, and emergency medicine. Unlike anatomically difficult airways, which primarily involve structural abnormalities, physiologically difficult airways are characterized by functional impairments that may compromise ventilation, oxygenation, and airway patency (1). When the difficult airway is […]