GuidelineAnaesthesia2025
Airway management in patients living with obesity: best practice recommendations from the Society for Obesity and Bariatric Anaesthesia: Endorsed by the All Wales Airway Group, Scottish Airway Group and Difficult Airway Society.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Postoperative sore throat: a systematic review.Anaesthesia · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of nutritional supplementation combined with exercise on BMI and lipid profiles in individuals with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Bile aspiration during emergent revision of a single-anastomosis gastric (SASI) bypass to a Roux-en-Y configuration with transit bipartition: a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2026Article
- High-Flow Nasal Oxygen in Contemporary Airway Management: Enhancing Physiological Safety in Anaesthesia-A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Obesity: biomechanical implications for mechanical ventilation.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Review
- Association of Suspected Aspiration During of Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest With Development of Early-Onset Pneumonia.Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2026Observational
- A case report on pulmonary aspiration of bilious gastric content in patients with previous one anastomosis - mini gastric bypass: a new risk factor to be incorporated in airway management guidelines?European journal of anaesthesiology and intensive care · 2026Article
- Advocating to lower the fraction of inspired oxygen temporarily during emergence from anesthesia.Journal of anesthesia · 2026Article
- Anesthetic Management in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Among Anesthesiologists: Survey-Based Study in Poland.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Ten tips for a safe approach in airway management.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2026Review
- Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury: Mechanotransduction and Potential Therapeutic Targets.MedComm · 2026Review
- Review
- Thyromental Height Test as a Method for Predicting Difficult Intubation in Patients with Obesity: A Prospective Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionPatients living with obesity present specific challenges for airway management. They have been overrepresented repeatedly in studies looking at complications associated with airway management. Whilst generic airway guidelines offer assistance, there are no evidence-based guidelines specific to this group of patients to support safe and effective airway management.
methodsAn expert multidisciplinary working party was convened on behalf of the Society of Obesity and Bariatric Anaesthesia to conduct this work. A systematic review was performed and was followed by a three-round Delphi process.
resultsForty-three recommendations are made which cover a number of key areas of practice including: pre-assessment; planning; peroxygenation; tracheal intubation; supraglottic airway devices; tracheal extubation; training; and organisational responsibilities. DISCUSSION: It is hoped the recommendations made will improve the safety and efficacy of airway management in patients living with obesity. They are not intended to replace current airway management guidelines.
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