Purpose of review: The goal of this review is to provide an overview of difficult airway management in the cancer population.

Recent findings: Difficult airways can be unanticipated; however, several anatomical and physiological features may predict difficult airway management, with several specific for the cancer patient population. New technologies and techniques for airway management, including non-invasive oxygenation, and even the utilization of ECMO, have led to better outcomes and decreased morbidity. Furthermore, the incorporation of multidisciplinary airway teams has helped reduce morbidity associated with predicted and known difficult airways. Cancer patients may exhibit or develop anatomic and physiologic features that may predispose them to difficulty with airway management. As our technologies for airway management continue to advance, as well as further commitment to more interdisciplinary collaboration, difficult airway management in the cancer population will continue to become safer.

Keywords: Airway management; Cancer; Difficult airway; Oncological patient.

© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

回顾目的: 本回顾的目的是概述癌症患者群体中难以处理的气道管理。

最新发现: 难以处理的气道可能是预料之外的情况，然而，一些解剖和生理特征可能预示着气道管理将面临困难，并且其中有一些是针对癌症患者的特定情况。新型技术和方法（包括非侵入性氧合）以及体外膜肺氧合（ECMO）的应用已经带来了更好的结果并减少了并发症的发生率。此外，多学科气道团队的整合有助于减少预测和已知难以处理的气道管理相关的发病率。癌症患者可能会表现出或发展出一些解剖和生理特征，这可能导致他们在气道管理上遇到困难。随着我们气道管理技术的不断进步以及更多跨学科合作的投入，预计在癌症患者群体中进行气道管理的安全性将继续提高。

关键词: 气道管理；癌症；难以处理的气道；肿瘤学患者。