Anticipated difficult airway cesarean delivery algorithm

CSE: combined spinal-epidural; SGA: supraglottic airway.
* Awake intubation requires patient cooperation, an experienced clinician, and available equipment, and may not be possible in emergent situations because it takes time.
¶ Flexible scope intubation or videolaryngoscopy; less commonly SGA, intubating laryngeal mask airway, lighted stylet, retrograde intubation.
Δ Tracheotomy, retrograde wire intubation, cricothyrotomy.