Awake Supraglottic Airway Placement in Pediatric Patients for Airway Obstruction or Difficult Intubation: Insights From an International Airway Registry (PeDI)

Small case series have described awake supraglottic airway placement in infants with significant airway obstruction and difficult intubations. We conducted this study to determine outcomes when supraglottic airways were placed in awake children enrolled in the international Pediatric Difficult Intubation Registry including success of ventilation, success of tracheal intubation, and complications.

Citation:
Longacre M, Park RS, Staffa SJ, Rowland MJ, ……… von Ungern-sternberg BS, Sommerfield D, Hauser N, et al for the PeDI Collaborative Investigators. Awake Supraglottic Airway Placement in Pediatric Patients for Airway Obstruction or Difficult Intubation: Insights From an International Airway Registry (PeDI). Anesth Analg. 2025;140(2):310-6.

Keywords:
Airway management; methods; etiology; therapy; intubation; intratrachael; adverse effects; instrumentation; laryngeal masks

Abstract:
Small case series have described awake supraglottic airway placement in infants with significant airway obstruction and difficult intubations. We conducted this study to determine outcomes when supraglottic airways were placed in awake children enrolled in the international Pediatric Difficult Intubation Registry including success of ventilation, success of tracheal intubation, and complications.