Airway Management for Trauma Patients With Potential Cervical Spine Injuries

Department of Anesthesia, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California Address correspondence to Dr. Hastings, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Anesthesia, 35--50, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110. We thank Hideyo Minagi, MD, for providing the C-spine roentgen- ograms; Brian Andrews, MD, Larry Pitts, MD, Heidi Jerome, MD, Jeffrey Katz, MD, Jeanine Wiener-Kronish, MD, and Paul Wood, MB, QIB, for helpful suggestions; Winifred Von Ehrenberg for editorial assistance; and Rachel Saidman for manuscript preparation. Accepted for publication June 5, 1991.