The emergency paediatric surgical airway: A systematic review.

Background: Although an emergency surgical airway is recommended in the guidelines for a paediatric cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate (CICO), there is currently no evidence regarding the best technique for this procedure.

Objective: To review the available literature on the paediatric emergency surgical airway to give recommendations for establishing a best practice for this procedure.

Design: Systematic review: Considering the nature of the original studies, a meta-analysis was not possible.