Difficult Airway Society guidelines for the management of tracheal extubation

We read with concern the letter from Ms Ogilvie 1 in reaction to the recently published extubation guidelines by the Difficult Airway Society (DAS) 2. Ogilvie, representing Cook Medical (Limerick, Ireland), manufacturers of the Cook Airway Exchange Catheter (AEC), indicated that this device “is not intended to remain in the airway…for an extended period of time…” following extubation of a difficult airway. One of us (RMC) was involved in the...