Section I. Basic clinical science consideration -- 1. Functional anatomy of the airway -- 2. Radiology of the airway -- 3. Physics and modeling of the airway -- 4. Physiology of the airway -- 5. Airway pharmacology -- 6. Physiologic and pathophysiologic responses to intubation -- Section II. The difficult airway : definition, recognition, and the ASA algorithm -- 7. Definition and incidence of the difficult airway -- 8. Evaluation and recognition of the difficult airway -- 9. The American Society of Anesthesiologists' management of the difficult airway algorithm and explanation/analysis of the algorithm -- Section III. Preintubation-ventilation procedures -- 10. Preparation of the patient for awake intubation -- 11. Aspiration prevention and prophylaxis : preoperative considerations -- 12. Preoxygenation -- Section IV. The airway techniques -- 13. Oxygen delivery systems, inhalation therapy, respiration therapy -- 14. Nonintubation management of the airway : mask ventilation -- 15. Indications for tracheal intubation -- 16. Conventional (laryngoscopic) orotracheal and nasotracheal intubation (single-lumen tube) -- 17. Blind digital intubation -- 18. Fiberoptic endoscopy-aided technique -- 19. Retrograde intubation technique -- 20. Intubating stylets -- 21. Laryngeal mask airway -- 22. New generation supraglottic ventilatory devices -- 23. The evolution of upper airway retraction : new and old laryngoscope blades -- 24. Separation of the two lungs (double-lumen tubes, bronchial blockers, and endobronchial single-lumen tubes) -- 25. The combitube : esophageal/tracheal double lumen airway -- 26. Tracheal jet ventilation via percutaneous catheter and high-pressure source -- 27. Performance of rigid bronchoscopy -- 28. Percutaneous dilational cricothyrotomy and tracheostomy -- 29. Surgical airway -- 30. Confirmation of tracheal intubation -- Section V. Difficult airway situations -- 31. Prehospital airway management -- 32. The patient and the full stomach -- 33. The difficult pediatric airway -- 34. The difficult airway in obstetric anesthesia -- 35. Anesthetic and airway management of laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy -- 36. The difficult airway in neurosurgery -- 37. Anesthesia for laser airway surgery -- 38. The traumatized airway -- 39. The difficult airway in neurosurgery -- 40. Obesity, sleep apnea, the airway and anesthesia -- 41. Special considerations of airway management in the burn patient -- 42. Regional anesthesia and the difficult airway -- 43. Airway management in the intensive care unit -- Section VI. Postinubation procedures -- 44. Endotracheal tube and respiratory care -- 45. Mechanical ventilation -- 46. Monitoring the airway and pulmonary function -- 47. Extubation and changing endotracheal tubes -- 48. Complications of managing the airway -- Section VII. Societal considerations -- 49. Teaching airway management outside the operating room -- 50. The instruction of airway management in the operating room -- 51. Effective dissemination of critical airway information : the Medic Alert National Difficult Airway/Intubation Registry -- 52. Medical-legal considerations : the ASA Closed Claims Project