ArticleIndian journal of anaesthesia2025
Expert consensus for difficult airway management in the absence of clear evidence using a Delphi method.
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- Indian women in anaesthesia research: Touching the academic peaks.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2026Article
- Airway Management in the ICU and Emergency Department in Resource-Limited Settings.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- All India Difficult Airway Association 2025 guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult airway in obstetrics under general anaesthesia.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- All India Difficult Airway Association 2025 Guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult airway in adults under general anaesthesia.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- All India Difficult Airway Association 2025 guidelines for extubation of the "at-risk" airway.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- All India Difficult Airway Association 2025 guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult airway in paediatrics under general anaesthesia.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
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Abstract
The All India Difficult Airway Association developed clinical practice statements utilising the Delphi method among experts for specific interventions in the management of unanticipated difficult airways in adult, obstetric, and paediatric populations, as well as for the management of at-risk extubations, where existing evidence was either weak or absent. A Steering Committee consisting of nine airway experts and a Delphi methodologist convened a panel of 24 experts, from whom anonymous responses were collected via an online Delphi survey. Consensus was defined as at least 75% experts voting for a particular option in multiple-choice statements, and agreement (scores of 5-7) or disagreement (scores of 1-3) on a nominal 7-point Likert scale statement. The stability of responses between consecutive rounds was assessed using the Kruskal-Wallis test or Chi-square test, with a
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