13th CCSK Annual Scientific Conference: Airway Management Workshop

Description

Airway management in the intensive care unit remains one of the most hazardous procedures, with complication rates higher than those seen in the controlled environment of the operating theatre. The 2026 workshop on Airway Management is built upon the foundational updates of the 2025 Difficult Airway Society DAS guidelines, which represent a paradigm shift from "managing failure" to "maximizing first-pass success". The primary focus of the workshop is the "physiologically difficult airway". Unlike the anatomically difficult airway, which is predicted by physical features like the Mallampati score or thyromental distance, the physiologically difficult airway is defined by systemic instability. Patients in the ICU often suffer from "the H's": hypoxemia, hypotension, and high metabolic acidosis, all of which narrow the "safe apnea time".

Objectives

Presenters

1. Dr. Kelvin Umani
   Consultant Cardiovascular Anesthesiologist