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September 1999
Volume 63 |
Number 9
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Open Forum to
Discuss
Revision of Difficult Airway Guidelines Scheduled |
Robert A. Caplan, M.D., Chair
Task Force on Difficult Airway Management
An important opportunity for ASA members to comment on a proposed
revision of the ASA Practice Guidelines for Management of the
Difficult Airway will come during the ASA Annual Meeting, October
9-13, 1999, in Dallas, Texas.
On Saturday, October 9, from 2 p.m.-5 p.m., members of the ASA
Task Force on Difficult Airway Management will conduct an Open
Forum to hear comments and suggestions about proposed changes
to this practice guideline. The Open Forum will be held at the
Adam's Mark Hotel in the Lone Star Ballroom A-111.|
ASA practice guidelines undergo review and revision approximately
once every five years, as warranted by changes in clinical practice,
medical technology and scientific data. The task force plans to
present revised Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult
Airway to the ASA House of Delegates at the ASA Annual Meeting
in October 2000.
Members of the task force include: Robert A. Caplan, M.D., Chair,
Jonathan L. Benumof, M.D., Frederic A. Berry, M.D., Casey D. Blitt,
M.D., Robert H. Bode, M.D., Frederick W. Cheney, M.D., Richard
T. Connis, Ph.D., (Health Services Methodologist), Orin F. Guidry,
M.D., and Andranik Ovassapian, M.D.
According to Dr. Caplan, the revision process is highly dependent
upon input from the anesthesia community. The Open Forum provides
an important opportunity for practitioners to meet with task force
members and offer suggestions that will have a direct impact on
the final product.
For more information about the revision of the Practice
Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway, contact Dr.
Caplan by e-mail at <Robert.Caplan@vmmc.org>.
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