TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Airway Management A1 - Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. PY - 2014 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e AB - The relatively large tongue in an unconscious infant is the most common cause of airway obstruction. An oral or nasopharyngeal airway can resolve the problem.Overinflation with bag-mask ventilation (BMV) can result in gastric distention and restrict lung expansion. This can be resolved by placing a nasogastric tube.A self-inflating bag does not deliver blow-by oxygen when it is not being compressed.Before using sedatives and paralytics for tracheal intubation, be sure to assess for conditions that may be associated with a “difficult airway.”Selection of a sedating agent for tracheal intubation is based on recognition of three specific clinical conditions: head trauma (increased intracranial pressure [ICP]), asthma, and hypotension.Confirmation of tracheal intubation should always include use of an end-tidal CO2 (ETCO2) device. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105680563 ER -